laicize

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/, /ˈleɪsʌɪz/

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Verb

laicize (third-person singular simple present laicizes, present participle laicizing, simple past and past participle laicized)

1. (transitive) To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.

   They will laicise each of the schools in the district.

2. (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.

   Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.

3. (intransitive) To convert to lay status.

   The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.

Derived terms

• laicizer

Related terms

• laicism
• laicization
• lay
• layman
• lay person
• laywoman

Translations

to convert from church-controlled to independent

Catalan: laïcitzar (ca) Hungarian: elvilágiasít, szekularizál (hu) Spanish: laicizar (es)

to reduce from clergy to layman

Catalan: laïcitzar (ca) Hungarian: laicizál (hu), világivá tesz

to convert to lay status

Hungarian: laicizálódik, szekularizálódik, világi lesz, elvilágiasodik (hu) Spanish: laicizarse

Portuguese

Verb

laicize

1. inflection of laicizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative