Associations to the word «Laicize»

Wiktionary

LAICIZE, verb. (transitive) To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
LAICIZE, verb. (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.
LAICIZE, verb. (intransitive) To convert to lay status.

Dictionary definition

LAICIZE, verb. Reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools".

Wise words

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Florence Scovel Shinn