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laicize

/ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/

laicize verb: to convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.

Verb

laicize (third-person singular simple present laicizes, present participle laicizing, simple past and past participle laicized)

  1. (transitive) To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
    • They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
  2. (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.
    • Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
  3. (intransitive) To convert to lay status.
    • The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.

laicize meaning in Tamil and Bengali

laicize in Tamil

சமயச்சார்பற்றதாக்கு

laicize in Bengali

ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ করা

Forms of laicize

third-person singular presentlaicizes
present participlelaicizing
past participlelaicized
pastlaicized

Origin of laicize

From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix).

Words formed from laicize

Questions about laicize

What does laicize mean?
Laicize means to convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
What is laicize in Tamil?
Laicize in Tamil is சமயச்சார்பற்றதாக்கு. See Laicize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is laicize?
Laicize is a verb.
How do you pronounce laicize?
Laicize is pronounced /ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/.
What is the past tense of laicize?
The past tense of laicize is laicized.

Words near laicize in the dictionary

  1. laicists
  2. laicities
  3. laicity
  4. laicization
  5. laicizations
  6. laicize
  7. laicized
  8. laicizer
  9. laicizers
  10. laicizes
  11. laicizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laicize (page history and authors); laicize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laicize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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