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Lai vs Laic - What's the difference?

lai | laic |

As nouns the difference between lai and laic

is that lai is a mostly North European form of medieval song, with stanzas that do not repeat while laic is a layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

As a proper noun Lai

is a Tibeto-Burman language of India and Burma.

As an adjective laic is

lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.

lai

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A mostly North European form of medieval song, with stanzas that do not repeat.

    • See also

    * ("lai" on Wikipedia)

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    laic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * laick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
  • *1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
  • *:And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.

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