Laicity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /leɪˈɪsɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Laicity is a noun meaning The control or influence of the laity or the fact of being lay.
Meaning
The control or influence of the laity or the fact of being lay.
More Meanings
- Synonym of secularism.
- Alternative form of laïcité.
Example Sentences
In this sense, there is no doubt that the concept of laicity has been tremendously useful.
This shows that there can be laicity even where there is no formal separation [of Church and State].
A correlation may be observed between the subjects studied in the masonic assemblies and those discussed in the Radical and Radical-Socialist party congresses: between 1901 and 1910 these subjects included state laicity, [...]
Word Forms
- laicities
Synonyms for laicity
Depending on context, synonyms include secularism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include laicality, lordliness, liceity, laidbackness, lordship, lairiness.
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