Laicize
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Laicize
Verb
- To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
"They will laicise each of the schools in the district."
- To reduce from clergy to layman.
"Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest."
- To convert to lay status.
"The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit."