"laicize" meaning in English

See laicize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈleɪ.ɪ.saɪz/, /ˈleɪsʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-laicize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: laicizes [present, singular, third-person], laicizing [participle, present], laicized [participle, past], laicized [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English laic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English laicize From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|laic<t:layperson>|-ize<pos:verbal suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English laic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English laicize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "verbal suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "laicize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="laicize"> From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix). Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to convert from church-controlled to independent): laïcitzar (Catalan), elvilágiasít (Hungarian), szekularizál (Hungarian), laicyzować [imperfective] (Polish), zlaicyzować [perfective] (Polish), laicizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-laicize-en-verb-lEcu9FOB Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 29 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of 'to convert from church-controlled to independent': 78 14 8
  2. (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman. Tags: transitive Translations (to reduce from clergy to layman): laïcitzar (Catalan), laicizál (Hungarian), világivá tesz (Hungarian), laicyzować [imperfective] (Polish), zlaicyzować [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-laicize-en-verb-FOG2fvYw Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 29 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 40 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of 'to reduce from clergy to layman': 8 91 1
  3. (intransitive) To convert to lay status. Tags: intransitive Translations (to convert to lay status): laicizálódik (Hungarian), szekularizálódik (Hungarian), világi lesz (Hungarian), elvilágiasodik (Hungarian), laicyzować się [imperfective] (Polish), zlaicyzować się [perfective] (Polish), laicizarse (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: laicizer Related terms: laicism, laicization, lay, layman, lay person, laywoman

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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