# laïcité

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/laicite