laicize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
laicize (third-person singular simple present laicizes, present participle laicizing, simple past and past participle laicized)
- (transitive) To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
- They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
- (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.
- Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
- (intransitive) To convert to lay status.
- The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to convert from church-controlled to independent
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to convert to lay status
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Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
laicize
- inflection of laicizar: