laic

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It's about what philosophical measures have to be taken to impose a powerful laic republic, unifying all.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2015

The laic judges, Raoul Bouteillier, baillie of Rouen, and his lieutenant, Peter Daron, were alone qualified to pronounce sentence of death; but no time was given them.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert

My Son," had the worthy father said to him, "thou goest out in the world as a laic.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

Ferdinand's Campaigns henceforth, which turn all on the defence of Hanover, are highly recommended to professional readers; but to the laic sort do not prove interesting in proportion to the trouble.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas

The confinement made him fretful and exacting, and the old Marquise ascribed the change in his behaviour to the deplorable influence of his tutor, a "laic" recommended by one of Raymond's old professors.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith