laic
Outside the clergy
Laic means of or relating to laypeople rather than clergy—the secular as opposed to the religious.
A laic person is not ordained or part of a religious order.
The word functions as both adjective and noun: laic traditions in government, The council included both priests and laics.
More common in formal or academic contexts than its synonym lay.
Not formally consecrated
- nonreligiousNot involving worship
- temporalRelating to chronology
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- civilMinimally polite
Nonreligious, worldly
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- temporalRelating to chronology
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
earthly · nonreligious · civil · nonsacred · unsanctified · unhallowed · desacralized · secularized
unordained
Not formally consecrated
- nonreligiousNot involving worship
- temporalRelating to chronology
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
civil · civilian · amateur · nonprofessional
secular
Nonreligious, worldly
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- temporalRelating to chronology
worldly · earthly · nonreligious · civil · nonsacred · unsanctified · unhallowed · desacralized · secularized · nonspiritual
parishioner
Member of a congregation
- congregantMember of a worship assembly
- worshiperOne who reveres deeply
- believerOne who accepts something
faithful · follower · devotee · adherent · novice · convert · proselyte · disciple · seeker · votary
laicclerical
Of office duties
priestly · ordained · ecclesiastical · ministerial · sacerdotal
laicsacred
Worthy of reverence
holy · consecrated · godly · spiritual · sanctified