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
The great movement of thought of the thirteenth century is above all a religious movement, presenting a double character—it is popular and it is laic.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton
They are very easily alienated from all the higher orders of their subjects, whether civil or military, laic or ecclesiastical.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The laic confessor endeavours, before all things, to calm the impatience of this soul which is more and more ardent and more and more troubled every day.
From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Alys Hallard
This meant little in the Middle Ages, when all intellectual callings were clerical, when at Oxford gownsman and clerk, townsman and laic, were convertible terms.
From Oxford and Her Colleges by Goldwin Smith
