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laicus

laicus · adj

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De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

lāĭcus — Lewis & Short

lāĭcus, a, um, adj., = lai+ko/s,

I of or belonging to the people or laity, not priestly, not consecrated: non habeo laicos panes, loaves not consecrated, Vulg. 1 Reg. 21, 4.— Subst.: lāĭcus, i, m., a layman, laic, one not belonging to the priesthood (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 7; opp. clericus, Hier. adv. Lucif. 3 al.

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. laicus (scan p. 362; entry #5683).

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