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Definition of Laicism
1. a political system free from clerical control [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laicism
Literary usage of Laicism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Legal Philosophy Series by Association of American Law Schools (1916)
"["Fideism" and "laicism" (pp. 76. 85 ante) have the right to be regarded as something
... "laicism," which may be considered an admissible derivative of the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... or laicism." Herein the pontiff undoubtedly speaks in perfect conformity to
the postulates of the Roman system. In the practical exercise of ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"... obvious necessities of society, such as the payment of debts, loans on security,
and taxes. " Germanic laicism repulsed the thrusts of this oppressive ..."
4. History of Modern France, 1815-1913 by Emile Bourgeois (1919)
"... of restoring the Ancien Regime and carrying on war against the laicism of
modern society. They did not require of M. de Martignac a mere armistice, ..."
5. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile Fouillee (1916)
""laicism," which may be considered an admissible derivative of the English
words "lai'c," ..."
6. The Methodist Review (1891)
"... and made clear that the former should be subsidiary to the latter. Clericalism in
its organic form lost prestige, while laicism was born ..."
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