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laicizes

laicizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laicize.

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.

Questions about laicizes

What is laicizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Laicizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laicize.

Words near laicizes in the dictionary

  1. laicizations
  2. laicize
  3. laicized
  4. laicizer
  5. laicizers
  6. laicizes
  7. laicizing
  8. laick
  9. laics
  10. laid
  11. laid a finger on

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