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Laical

Laic \La"ic\, Laical \La"ic*al\, a. [L. laicus: cf. F. la["i]que. See Lay laic.] Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. ``Laical literature.''
--Lowell.

An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble.
--Milton.

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laical

a. (context archaic English) Of or pertaining to a layman or laity.

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The haughty Baron seized greedily this circumstance, as the means of succeeding in his ambitious designs, and determined to humble the pride and insolence of the superiors, since the land belonged originally to his ancestors, and was transmitted to himself with powers to exact homage and fee from the heads of the monastery for this only part of their dependance on laical jurisdiction.