Her philosophy was purely Laical; thought was unrestrained by any sacred tradition; it even pretended to pass judgment upon these traditions and condemned or approved of them.
"The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism"
Franz Cumont
At first sight the choice appears not difficult to make, for although so Laical and original a work had proved to be popular, yet such popularity was hardly of a nature to appeal to so devout a Christian as one who had already attained episcopal rank.
"The Book-Hunter at Home"
P. B. M. Allan
When the lords Laical and ecclesiastical were thus separated from the multitude, it remained in their power to sit separately or together, according to the nature of the business they had to deal with, ecclesiastical, secular, or mixed.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume I. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot