What does laicize mean?
Definitions for laicize
ˈleɪ əˌsaɪzlai·cize
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Princeton's WordNet
laicize, laiciseverb
reduce to lay status
"laicize the parochial schools"
Wiktionary
laicizeverb
To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
laicizeverb
To reduce from clergy to layman.
Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
laicizeverb
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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laicize
Laicize is the act of degrading a member of the clergy to the status of layperson, often as a disciplinary act. This process involves the removal of the clerical functions/abilities or the reduction of a religious official from their clerical position, status, or functionalities. More broadly, it can also mean to make something more secular or less religious.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of laicize in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of laicize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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