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laicize

verb

Meaning

  1. To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
  2. To reduce from clergy to layman.
  3. To convert to lay status.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

laicise(English)secularize(English)declericalize(English)desecularize(English)dereligionize(English)unsecularize(English)unsectarianize(English)de-christianize(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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