Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » laicized

laicized

Variant of laicize

transitive verb laicized, laicizing

to reduce (a cleric) to the lay state; make a layman of
to remove clerical influence from; restrict to laymen; secularize

Related Forms:

laicization noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD

LAIC (abbreviation)

LAID (abbreviation)