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laïque

/la.ik/

adjective/la.ik/

lay, secular

Antonyms: clérical

Related: laïquement

From Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic, laical”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of lai (“lay, not belonging to the clergy”).

noun, masculine/feminine/la.ik/plural: laïques

layman, layperson

Antonyms: clerc

From Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic, laical”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of lai (“lay, not belonging to the clergy”).