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• s  characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
  set his collar in laic rather than clerical position

• lay
• secular

Quotes

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• Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati in ABC Online
  They [Americans] want to fully eliminate Islamic groups from the Iraqi scene and give power to a laic group who are US agents,Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati told worshippers at Friday prayers. "I must appreciate those who are resisting around the...