variants
or laic
as in irreligious
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Adjective
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This story is told by an unnamed narrator, an irreligious woman who has joined the nuns as a lay resident after her faith in environmental advocacy crumbled.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026 -
And even the irreligious Bill de Blasio would join parishioners at the cathedral.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Many in the insular ultra-Orthodox community fear that military service would expose young people to secular influences.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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On trips to Spain this month and France in September, Leo will find thousands of young people like her in these traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries, where historic churches are abundant and Mass attendance is sparse.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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However, lay reading is not the way that people have, historically speaking, interfaced with the classics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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And frankly, even as a lay person, looking at the signatures, Eric did not sign that document.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.—
Jacqui Frost,
The Conversation,
11 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Glenn Turner, the former owner of a pagan and metaphysical shop, is running as a member of the Green Party.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana – a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue, and the occasional pagan ritual.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Given a brutal emphasis by Senator Joseph McCarthy, the interrogative made Cold Warriors prone to seeing godless Communism on the march everywhere.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Their woke and godless neighbors — who own televisions and don’t know how to discipline their kids — are a different story.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Evangelical and nondenominational, the church broadcasts internationally through KCM and its Victory Channel as well as online.—
Rachel Cole,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 May 2026
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At least 15 percent of all American adults now identify as nondenominational, and most of them are embracing charismatic ideas about signs and wonders and spiritual warfare.—
Stephanie McCrummen,
The Atlantic,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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One of those laws, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, states a charter school must be nonsectarian.—
Beth Wallis,
StateImpact,
10 May 2026
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The Hungarian state paid for most of it and required Rumbach to also operate as a nonsectarian cultural venue, which is why Fischer performs here.—
Joshua Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Laical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laical. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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