laic

• Like that uncle of his, he had many failings highly unbecoming any Christian-- laic or ecclesiastic--which no one has attempted to screen; and, incidentally, he cultivated morality in his private life and observed his priestly vows of chastity as little as did any other churchman of his day. —  The Life of Cesare Borgia
• He held the prebendary of Layton (Leighton Bromswold) as a laic, as he did the sinecure rectorship of Whitford. —  Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, etc., Volume Two
• In an interview in the film's press packet, Miller (best known here for The Little Thief) calls himself a "laic Jew" who was born in France during World War II. —  Tablet Magazine
• And some journalists are already divided into groups like laic, anti-laic. —  Turkishdailynews Headlines
• For, although Carloman left sons, the grandees of his dominions, whether laic or ecclesiastical, assembled at Corbény, between Laon and Rheims, and proclaimed in his stead his brother Charles, who thus became sole king of the Gallo-Franco-Germanic monarchy. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04

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