laic
Example Sentences
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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
Like most supernatural virtues, it has a laic shadow; the counsel to abstain, and to be unsolicitous, is one not only of perfection, but also of polity.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
It is needless to point out that in this series of oaths, these obligations imposed upon the knights, there is a moral development very superior to that of the laic society of the period.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)
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
It is all interesting even to a non-artistic laic, for there is much "dry point" of general application in the Professor's lectures.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 20, 1892 by Various
