laicizing

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• laicizing — laicize (Amer.) la·i·cize || leɪɪsaɪz v. change from religious to secular; remove the religious element, secularize; remove clerical status or character from (also laicise) …   English contemporary dictionary

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• laicize — transitive verb (laicized; laicizing) Date: 1870 1. to reduce to lay status 2. to put under the direction of or open to the laity • laicization noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• laicize — laicization /lay euh seuh zay sheuhn/, n. /lay euh suyz /, v.t., laicized, laicizing. to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster. Also, esp. Brit., laicise. [1790 1800; LAIC …   Universalium

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• laicization — noun The act of laicizing …   Wiktionary

• laicize — [lā′isīz΄] vt. laicized, laicizing [ LAIC + IZE] 1. to reduce (a cleric) to the lay state; make a layman of 2. to remove clerical influence from; restrict to laymen; secularize laicization n …   English World dictionary