Laicize Definition

lāĭ-sīz
laicized, laicizes, laicizing
verb
laicized
To free from ecclesiastical control; give over to laypeople.
American Heritage
To reduce (a cleric) to the lay state; make a layman of.
Webster's New World
To remove clerical influence from; restrict to laymen; secularize.
Webster's New World

To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.

They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
Wiktionary

(intransitive) To convert to lay status.

The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • laicise
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Origin of Laicize

  • From laic (“layperson”) +‎ -ize (“verbal suffix”).

    From Wiktionary

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EZEIZE

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