laicise

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Definitions

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.”

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Synonyms

liberalise parochialise unchristianise dereligionise sacerdotalise spaniolise deparochialise illiberalise civilianise de-parochialise deconfessionalise sacralise eclecticise gaelicise independentise asexualise

Rhymes

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