adjective
- Also la·i·cal. lay; secular.
noun
- one of the laity.
adjective Also: laical
- of or involving the laity; secular
noun
- a rare word for layman
adj.1560s, from French laïque (16c.), from Late Latin laicus, from Greek laikos “of or belonging to the people,” from laos “people” (see lay (adj.)).