laicize
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 7
/ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/
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/ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/ · /ˈleɪsʌɪz/
Definition of laicize
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
“They will laicise each of the schools in the district.”
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verb
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(transitive)To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
“They will laicise each of the schools in the district.”
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(transitive)To reduce from clergy to layman.
“Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.”
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(intransitive)To convert to lay status.
“The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix).
Words you can make from laicize
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