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Laic vs Laique - What's the difference?

laic | laique |

As nouns the difference between laic and laique

is that laic is layman (not clergy) while laique is layman, layperson.

As an adjective laique is

lay, secular.

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.
  • Anagrams

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    laique

    Not English

    Laique has no English definition. It may be misspelled.