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laicize

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la·i·cize  (l-sz)
tr.v. la·i·cized, la·i·ciz·ing, la·i·ciz·es
1. To free from ecclesiastical control; give over to laypeople.
2. To change to lay status; secularize.
lai·ci·zation (-s-zshn) n.
laicize, laicise [ˈleɪɪˌsaɪz]
vb
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to withdraw clerical or ecclesiastical character or status from (an institution, building, etc.)
laicization , laicisation n
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Verb1.laicize - reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools"
laicise
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Translations
laicize [ˈleɪɪsaɪz] VT → laicizar


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Thus, when political wars between aticlericals and the Church reached their peak in the early twentieth century, it was possible to laicize the Catholic schools.
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In Great Britain, the editor of the Catholic monthly Christian Order writes that the bishops of England, Scotland, and Wales do not study the successful dioceses, and that, "by suppressing orthodoxy in general and discriminating against orthodox vocations to the priesthood, the Modernists create a shortage of priests; they then present the shortage as a fair accompli requiring the introduction of strategies to laicize the clergy and democratize the Church.
Orthodoxy brings vocations by Kennedy, Leonard / Catholic Insight
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