adjective
- of or relating to laypeople as distinguished from the clergy
Usage: formal
Examples
- The bishop encouraged greater laical participation in church governance.
- Laical movements have grown in influence within the Catholic Church.
- The committee included both clerical and laical members.
- She advocated for more laical involvement in religious education.
- The laical community organized the charity drive independently.
- His laical perspective brought fresh insights to the theological discussion.