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Laic

Definition: Laic

Laic

Adjective

1. Concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "laic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references)

Synonyms: Laic

Synonyms: lay (adj), secular (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Laic

English words defined with "laic": Laicality, laysecular. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Laic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (laic, lay, layman, profane, secular, worldly).

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Commercial Usage: Laic

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Books

  • Memries obertes d'un catlic laic : fent poble, fent pas (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Laic

"Laic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laic" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Laic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

laic

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Laic

Language Translations for "laic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

laik (lay, layman, profane, secular, temporal). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏علماني (laity, lay, layman, secular, temporal, worldly), ‏خاص بجمهور, ‏العلماني (secularist). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

светско лице, светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, society, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, unclerical, world, worldly), неспециалист, любител (addict, amateur, connoisseur, dilettante, fancier, ham, hound, lover, merchant, outsider). (various references)

   

Czech

  

laik (dilettante, layman, secular). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

وابسته بشخص دنیوی وغیرروحانی , غیرفنی (Unprofessional), عامی (Illiterate, Layman, Secular), شخص که علم خاصی رانداند. (various references)

   

French

  

laïque (lay, lay person, layman). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοσμικόσ (cosmic, lay, mundane, secular, secularistic, temporal, worldly), λαϊκόσ (demotic, folksy, lay, layman, popular). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חלו י (lay, profane, secular, secularist, temporal, worldly), ""יוט (common folk, fool, ignoramus, lay, layman, plebeian). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

laikus (lay, lay opinion, layman, laymen), világi személy, világi (carnal, laical, lay, secular, temporal, wordly, worldly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

laico (lay, layman, profanely, secular, worldly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aiclay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

leigo (laical, lay, layman, outsider, profane, temporal), laico (layman, secular), lagoa (catchment basin, lagoon, lochan, mere, pond, pool), temporal (flaw, gale, gust, storm, tempest, temporal, whole gale, worldly), secular (archaic, centenary, laicize, lay, lay off, profane, secular, temporal, time worn, worldly). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

laic (lay, layman, profane, secular, worldly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

светское лицо, мирской (mundane, profane, worldly), мирянин (layman, laymen). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

laik (layman), laički, svetovnjak. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

laico, laica, laico (laical, lay, secular). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lekmanna- (lay), världslig (earthly, fleshly, mundane, secular, worldly). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่เกี่ยวกับฆราวาส (laical), ฆราวาส (laical, layman). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

laik (civil, profane, secular, unclerical). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

світська особа, світський (fashionable, genteel, laical, lay, mundane, profane, secular, social, terrestrial), мирський (human, laical, lay, profane, sublunar, sublunary, worldly), мирянин (layman). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

phi giáo hội (laid, lay), người thế tục, người không theo đạo, không theo đạo thế tục. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Laic

Derivations

Words beginning with "laic": laical, laically, laich, laichs, laicise, laicised, laicises, laicising, laicism, laicisms, laicization, laicizations, laicize, laicized, laicizes, laicizing, laics. (additional references)

Words ending with "laic": formulaic. (additional references)

Words containing "laic": formulaically, plaice, plaices. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Laic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aic, aicc, alac, alec, alic, alik, aloc, alric, altic, gaic, haic, Lacw, lafis, lai, Laia, laib, laich, Laici, laicy, laif, laih, laik, Laim, lais, laiu, laiw, laix, laiy, laiz, lanc, larc, larics, lasc, lasic, Latc, latic, Lauck, laui, Lauko, Lawick, leci, leic, leik, lia, liax, lic, lica, licia, lific, limic, linic, litic, ljacic, ljacii, ljacil, Llais, Llica, lodic, loic, loik, loric, lotic, lpac, lraqi, lucic, luic, Luick, Luirc, lulic, luoc, luric, raic, waic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Laic

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-l"

-1 letter: ail, lac.

-2 letters: ai, al, la, li.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l"
 

+1 letter: alcid, aulic, calif, calix, cavil, cilia, claim, clavi, ileac, iliac, laich, laics, lilac, linac, malic, pical, plica, salic, tical.

 

+2 letters: abulic, acidly, aculei, aecial, alcaic, alcids, alnico, amylic, apical, archil, atelic, cagily, calami, calcic, calico, califs, caliph, calkin, camail, caplin, carlin, caroli, catlin, caulis, cavils, celiac, chimla, chiral, chital, cicala, cicale, citola, citral, claims, climax, clinal, clivia, coital, curial, eclair, epical, facial, facile, fecial, fiscal, gallic, garlic, glacis, heliac, inlace, italic, lacier, lacily, lacing, lactic, laical, laichs, lexica, lilacs, linacs, lochia, lorica, malice, oilcan, oxalic, placid, plaice, plicae, plical, racial, racily, rictal, scilla, sialic, silica, social, ticals, tincal, uncial, uracil.

 

+3 letters: aboulic, acclaim, acholia, acicula, aclinic, acridly, acrylic, actinal, acyclic, acyloin, afflict, albinic, albitic, alcaics, alcaide, alembic, alkalic, alkylic, allelic, allicin, allylic, alnicos, aloetic, ancilla, angelic, anglice, anticly, apicals, apiculi, aplitic, archils, article, asocial, auricle, bacilli, backlit, baldric, basilic, bifocal, cabildo, cabling, calathi, calcify, calcine, calcite, calcium, calculi, caliber, calibre, calices, caliche, calicle, calicos, calipee, caliper, caliphs, calking, calkins, calling, calming, caloric, calorie, calving, camails, cambial, camelia, campily, cannily, cannoli, capelin, capital, capitol, caplins, carinal, cariole, carline, carling, carlins, carlish, catlike, catling, catlins, cattail, cattily, cauline, caviled, caviler, cedilla, celiacs, celosia, cembali, chablis, chalcid, chalice, challie, challis, charily, charlie, chiliad, chimlas, chitals, chorial, cicalas, ciliary, ciliate, cingula, citable, citadel, citolas, citrals, cladist, claimed, claimer, claries, clarify, clarion, clarity, clarkia, classic, classis, clastic, clavier, clawing, clayier, claying, clayish, climate, clivias, coalbin, coalier, coalify, coaling, coalpit, coaxial, coeliac, comical, conical, cordial, cotidal, cranial, crazily, crissal, crucial, cubical, cubital, curtail, cynical, dactyli, decimal, declaim, decrial, deltaic, dialect, domical, eclairs, edictal, elastic, elegiac, encinal, ethical, exclaim, facials, fancily, fascial, faucial, fecials, finical, fiscals, flaccid, folacin, galenic, garlics, glacial, glacier, gracile, halakic, helical, icefall, incisal, inclasp, incudal, inlaced, inlaces, inocula, ischial, italics, jalapic, laciest, lacings, lacking, laconic, laicise, laicism, laicize, lancing, latices, lattice, lexical, limacon, lochial, logical, loricae, lunatic, lyrical, magical, malefic, malices, medical, melanic, metical, micella, mimical, miracle, miscall, mochila, musical, myalgic, mycelia, nodical, oilcamp, oilcans, optical, otalgic, panicle, peculia, pelagic, pelican, phallic, placing, placoid, plaices, plasmic, plastic, pliancy, plicate, psalmic, rachial, radical, radicel, radicle, railcar, recital, reclaim, replica, sacculi, saclike, salicin, sanicle, saucily, scaldic, scaleni, scalier, scaling, scarily, scholia, scillas, scribal, silicas, skaldic, socials, spacial, special, spicula, stoical, tacitly, tackily, tactile, talcing, thallic, tincals, topical, toxical, triclad, typical, uncials, uncinal, uracils, valeric, vatical, vesical, vicarly, vicinal, victual, vincula, vocalic, voltaic, wackily, wildcat.

 

+4 letters: abapical, acauline, acclaims, acervuli, acetylic, achenial, achillea, achingly, acholias, aciculae, acicular, aciculas, aciculum, acrolein, acrolith, acromial, acrylics, actively, acyloins, aecidial, afflicts, alacrity, albicore, alcaides, alchemic, alcidine, alembics, algicide, allergic, alliance, allicins, allspice, alnicoes, alogical, alopecia, alopecic, aluminic, amicable, amicably, anabolic, analcime, analcite, analogic, analytic, ancillae, ancillas, angelica, animalic, antalgic, anticold, anticult, antilock, apically, apiculus, aplastic, archival, articled, articles, athletic, atomical, atypical, auricled, auricles, auricula, avicular, bacillar, bacillus, backfill, backlist, backslid, baculine, baldrick, baldrics, balladic, balletic, balsamic, barbicel, basaltic, basilica, biacetyl, biblical, bicaudal, bifacial, bifocals, billycan, binnacle, biocidal, bioclean, biotical, biracial, birdcall, blackfin, blacking, blackish, brachial, braciola, braciole, breccial, bucktail, bulimiac, cabalism, cabalist, cabildos, cabrilla, cabriole, cackling, cacomixl, cageling, cajoling, caladium, calamari, calamine, calamint, calamite, calamity, calcanei, calcaria, calcific, calcined, calcines, calcites, calcitic, calciums, caldaria, calflike, calfskin, calibers, calibred, calibres, caliches, calicles, calicoes, califate, calipash, calipees, calipers, caliphal, calisaya, callings, calliope, callipee, calliper, calorics, calories, calorize, calquing, calvaria, calycine, calyculi, camailed, camelias, camellia, camisole, camomile, canaille, canaling, canalise, canalize, candidly, candling, canfield, cannibal, cannolis, canticle, capelins, capitals, capitols, capitula, capriole, capsidal, carbinol, carbolic, cardinal, carillon, carioles, carlines, carlings, carnival, caroling, carpalia, carriole, castling, catholic, catlings, cattails, caudillo, caulicle, caulking, cavalier, cavelike, cavilers, caviling, cavilled, caviller, cedillas, celeriac, celibacy, celibate, celosias, cephalic, cephalin, cervical, chalazia, chalcids, chaliced, chalices, chalkier, chalking, challies, chancily, chaplain, charlies, chattily, chemical, chiasmal, chiliads, chiliasm, chiliast, chivalry, chrismal, cilantro, ciliated, ciliates, cimbalom, cinnamyl, circular, cislunar, citadels, citeable, civilian, clacking, cladding, cladists, clagging, claimant, claimers, claiming, clammier, clammily, clamming, clamping, clanging, clanking, clannish, clapping, clarinet, clarions, clarkias, clashing, clasping, classico, classics, classier, classify, classily, classing, classism, classist, clastics, clavicle, claviers, clawlike, clayiest, claylike, cleaning, clearing, cleating, cleaving, clematis, clerical, cliental, climatal, climates, climatic, climaxed, climaxes, clinally, clinical, clitella, clitoral, cloaking, coalbins, coalfish, coaliest, coalpits, coattail, cobaltic, cocktail, coinable, coitally, colinear, collegia, colluvia, collyria, colonial, comitial, complain, conidial, conoidal, contrail, cordials, corrival, cortical, cosmical, coxalgia, coxalgic, craaling, crabbily, cradling, craftily, craggily, crankily, crawlier, crawling, creakily, creamily, criminal, critical, croakily, cubicula, cuboidal, culinary, cultivar, curtails, cuspidal, cuticula, cyclical, dactylic, dalmatic, daltonic, decidual, decimals, declaims, decrials, deicidal, deifical, delicacy, delicate, diabolic, diacetyl, diaconal, dialects, dialogic, dialytic, dicrotal, didactyl, disclaim, displace, ducktail, dulciana, dulcinea, duncical, ecclesia, ecdysial, ecocidal, elastics, elegiacs, enlacing, epically, epicalyx, epifocal, erotical, especial, ethicals, ethnical, exclaims, facelift, facially, facilely, facility, falchion, fanciful, farcical, fascicle, fiducial, filmcard, fireclay, fiscally, flacking, focalise, focalize, folacins, fornical, fucoidal, galactic, gallican, galvanic, garlicky, gestical, glaceing, glaciate, glaciers, glacises, glancing, gnomical, graciles, gracilis, guaiacol, hacklier, hackling, hairlock, haptical, hectical, heliacal, heraldic, heroical, iatrical, icefalls, iconical, inchmeal, inclasps, inimical, inlacing, irenical, ironclad, ironical, judicial, kaolinic, kickable, kickball, lacelike, lacertid, lacewing, laciness, laconism, lacrimal, lactonic, laically, laicised, laicises, laicisms, laicized, laicizes, laitance, lanciers, latching, latticed, lattices, leachier, leaching, lechayim, legacies, leucemia, limacine, limacons, literacy, localise, localism, localist, localite, locality, localize, locating, location, locative, logician, loricate, lubrical, lunacies, lunatics, mackling, maculing, maiolica, majolica, maledict, manciple, mandalic, maniacal, marlitic, medallic, medicals, melanics, melodica, meniscal, metallic, meticals, metrical, micellae, micellar, millcake, millrace, miracles, miscalls, misclaim, misclass, misplace, mochilas, mucilage, mucoidal, multicar, musicale, musicals, mycelial, mycelian, mystical, mythical, nautical, nudicaul, official, oilcamps, oligarch, orphical, outcavil, ovicidal, oviducal, pachalic, pachouli, palladic, panicled, panicles, parhelic, particle, pashalic, patchily, peculiar, pelicans, phthalic, physical, piacular, pickadil, picloram, pilchard, pinnacle, piscinal, placidly, placoids, plastics, platinic, platonic, plicated, poetical, pollical, prelatic, proclaim, publican, rachilla, racially, radicals, radicels, radicles, railcars, rancidly, recitals, reclaims, relacing, reliance, replicas, reticula, rocaille, rubrical, rustical, sacklike, salacity, salicine, salicins, salience, saliency, salvific, sanicles, santalic, scabbily, scablike, scalding, scaliest, scallion, scalping, scantily, scenical, scolioma, septical, silicate, silicula, silvical, slacking, slipcase, sociable, sociably, socially, societal, solacing, specials, spiculae, spicular, spiracle, statical, sterical, suicidal, sultanic, surgical, syllabic, sylvatic, syndical, tackling, tactical, taiglach, tailback, tailcoat, tailrace, talcking, talmudic, tantalic, teiglach, teocalli, thalamic, thetical, thinclad, tieclasp, tractile, tragical, triclads, trifocal, tropical, turrical, ultimacy, uncially, univocal, unlacing, unsocial, uralitic, uranylic, vaccinal, valencia, valiance, valiancy, vandalic, vanillic, vertical, vesicula, viatical, vicarial, victuals, villatic, visceral, vocalics, vocalise, vocalism, vocalist, vocality, vocalize, volcanic, vortical, vulcanic, wildcats, zodiacal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Laic


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 69 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01101001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#105 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0069 0063

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46677569

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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