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laicized

laicized is the simple past and past participle of laicize.

Adjective

laicized (comparative more laicized, superlative most laicized)

  1. freed from ecclesiastical control
  2. secularized

Meaning of laicize

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.

Forms of laicized

comparativemore laicized
superlativemost laicized

Words formed from laicized

Questions about laicized

What does laicized mean?
Laicized means freed from ecclesiastical control.
What is laicized the simple past and past participle of?
Laicized is the simple past and past participle of laicize.
What part of speech is laicized?
Laicized is an adjective.

Words near laicized in the dictionary

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

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