OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 43920

laicize

/ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
laicizar
To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
laicizarse
To convert to lay status.
The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.
Phrases