laical
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Know then, O King, that all men's works tend either to religious or to laical life, for none attaineth to religion save through this world, because it is the best road to futurity.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
He appointed one of his brothers, the Duke of Bedford, to be regent in his absence, and the peers, ecclesiastical and laical, applauded his design, promising him their sincere co-operation.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert
Chaplaincies of this class are collative, thus being differentiated from those purely laical, in which the authority of the ordinary does not intervene.
There being “other excesses” for which, it appears, there is no statute remedy, the magistrates commit a piece of pious injustice, and lump sundry laical sins into the one crime against the Church.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 by Various
Before doffing his laical garment, the pilgrim performs a total ablution, shaves, and perfumes himself.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir