different between layperson vs laic

English

Alternative forms

• lay person

Etymology

lay +? person

Noun

layperson (plural laypeople or laypersons)

1. A person who is not a cleric.
2. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

Antonyms

• (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject): aficionado, expert, professional, specialist

Translations

See also

• laity
• lay
• layman

English

Alternative forms

• laick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French laïque, from Latin la?cus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of lay.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?.?k/

  Rhymes: -e??k

Noun

laic (plural laics)

1. A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

Adjective

laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)

1. Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica

     And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.

Anagrams

• -ical, Cail, Cali, Laci

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of llec.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?lajk/

Adjective

laic (feminine laica, masculine plural laics, feminine plural laiques)

1. laic, secular

Noun

laic m (plural laics, feminine laica)

1. layperson

Further reading

• “laic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “laic” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “laic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “laic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rajH (“sharp”). Cognate with White Hmong zuag.

Adjective

laic 

1. sharp

Romanian

Etymology

From French laïque, from Latin laicus.

Adjective

laic m or n (feminine singular laic?, masculine plural laici, feminine and neuter plural laice)

1. secular

Declension