Dictionary

laicize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈleɪsʌɪz/
• /ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree English laic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English laicize From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix).

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

laicizer

Relateds

lay · laywoman · laicism · layman · lay person · laicization

Translations (18)

hu világi lesz (to convert to lay status) · pl laicyzować (to convert from church-controlled to independent) · pl laicyzować (to reduce from clergy to layman) · hu szekularizál (to convert from church-controlled to independent) · hu laicizálódik (to convert to lay status) · es laicizar (to convert from church-controlled to independent) · ca laïcitzar (to reduce from clergy to layman) · hu világivá tesz (to reduce from clergy to layman) · pl laicyzować się (to convert to lay status) · ca laïcitzar (to convert from church-controlled to independent) · pl zlaicyzować (to convert from church-controlled to independent) · pl zlaicyzować się (to convert to lay status) · hu elvilágiasít (to convert from church-controlled to independent) · hu szekularizálódik (to convert to lay status) · pl zlaicyzować (to reduce from clergy to layman) · es laicizarse (to convert to lay status) · hu elvilágiasodik (to convert to lay status) · hu laicizál (to reduce from clergy to layman)