laical
Example Sentences
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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
Her philosophy was purely laical; thought was unrestrained by any sacred tradition; it even pretended to pass judgment upon these traditions and condemned or approved of them.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz
Many pilgrims, especially the soldiers, were in laical costume.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
A few imperfect maps, and some scanty notices on the manners and customs of the Indians, are the whole amount of their laical labors.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina
Chaplaincies of this class are collative, thus being differentiated from those purely laical, in which the authority of the ordinary does not intervene.
