laicity

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laicity

/leɪˈɪsɪti/ UK
/leɪˈɪsɪti/ US

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Borrowed from French laïcité. By surface analysis, laic + -ity.

noun laicities

countable, uncountable The control or influence of the laity or the fact of being lay.
alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of laïcité
countable, uncountable 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, [...]
Similar: secularism

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@misc{laicity_2026,
  title = {laicity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laicity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}