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

The laic has also five lesser vows: not to kill, not to lie, not to steal, not to commit adultery or fornication, to be content with little.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn

So, also, must the laic who binds himself to observe eight of the whole ten Precepts for specified periods; during these periods he must be celibate.

From The Buddhist Catechism by Olcott, Henry Steel

But I charge thee to beware of laic reason and human impulses.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

It suppresses "all secular congregations of men and women ecclesiastic or laic, even those wholly devoted to hospital service will take away from 600,000 children the means of learning to read and write."

From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John