laicity
noun/leɪˈɪsɪti/UK/leɪˈɪsɪti/US
Etymology
Borrowed from French laïcité. By surface analysis, laic + -ity.
- borrowed from laïcité
Definitions
The control or influence of the laity or the fact of being lay.
Alternative form of laïcité.
Synonym of secularism.
- A correlation may be observed between the subjects studied in the masonic assemblies and those discussed in the Radical and Radical-Socialist party congresses: between 1901 and 1910 these subjects included state laicity, [...]
- This shows that there can be laicity even where there is no formal separation [of Church and State].
- In this sense, there is no doubt that the concept of laicity has been tremendously useful.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA