laical

Adjective

laical (comparative more laical, superlative most laical)

1. (unusual or technical) Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople, i.e. the laity in general.
   • Laical literature.1871, James Russell Lowell, “My Study Windows”, in At Sea
   • One of the most important of these results was the emergence of the laical intellectual,' and hence of laical science. We may distinguish developments of three different kinds. First, there always had been laical physicians and lawyers; but in the Renaissance they began to crowd out the clerical...
   • . . .The word "laical" has been chosen after some hesitation. 'Secular' would not do because it derives another connotation from the distinction: secular clergy — regular clergy. 'Laymen's science' conflicts with our use of the term layman (a man not trained in scientific method). 'Laicist' conveys...1954 Joseph A. Schumpeter. History of Economic Analysis. →ISBN pub. Routledge p. 79

   Synonyms:

   laic, lay, laicist, laicistic, clerical, black-collar, cleric, pastoral