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

Thus, at the end of the thirteenth century, there were found face to face two systems, one laic and the other ecclesiastical, of absolute power.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Black, Robert

I have some knowledge of this because Signor Senator Marzi-Medici, who presides over the laic government of this town for our Most Serene Grand Duke, has told me all.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

This monarch, father of Philippe-Auguste, fixed the number of peers of France, the great seigneurs who held directly from the crown, at twelve,—six laic and six ecclesiastical.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

They were said to have their pantaloons, et cetera, all ready, to escape in a laic dress.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken