Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LA'IC, or LA'IC-AL
LA'IC, or LA'IC-AL, a. [It. laico, laicale, Fr. laique, Sp. laycal, D. leek, L. laicus, from Gr. λαικος, from λαος, people. The Greek λαος is probably a contracted word.]
Belonging to the laity or people, in distinction from the clergy.
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