laicity
(leɪˈɪsɪtɪ)
[f. laic a. and n. + -ity.]
The principles of the laity; the rule or influence of the laity; the fact of being lay; also attrib.
| 1909 Webster, Laicity, laicality. 1925 Brit. Weekly 19 Mar. 587/3 The text of the document, which is directed against the ‘laicity laws’, lies before us. 1928 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 12/3 Accused by his own hotheads of betraying the cause of ‘laicity’ by acquiescing in these details of the Budget. 1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 20 This laicity of the Gods was taken so much in earnest that in a Mahayanian sutra a chapter..is formally addressed to the Gods, as a hint that it is an œuvre de vulgarisation. |