Laicize
[ley-uh-sahyz] /ˈleɪ əˌsaɪz/
verb (used with object), laicized, laicizing.
1.
to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize:
to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
/ˈleɪɪˌsaɪz/
verb
1.
(transitive) to withdraw clerical or ecclesiastical character or status from (an institution, building, etc)
Read Also:
- Laid
[leyd] /leɪd/ verb 1. simple past tense and past participle of 1 . [ley] /leɪ/ verb (used with object), laid, laying. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike […]
- Laid-back
[leyd-bak] /ˈleɪdˈbæk/ adjective, Slang. 1. relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms. 2. free from stress; easygoing; carefree: a laid-back way of living. adjective 1. (informal) relaxed in style, character, or behaviour; easy-going and unhurried adjective Relaxed; easy-going: a sort of laid-back, not insane Janis Joplin/ relatively upbeat moods, laid-back-in-the-South-Seas [1960s+; perhaps fr the reclining posture […]
- Laid-deck
noun, Shipbuilding. 1. a wooden deck having planking laid parallel to the sides of the hull so as to follow the curves toward the ends of the vessel.
- Laidly
adj. c.1300, Scottish and northern English variant of loathly “hideous, repulsive” (see loath).
- Laid-off
[ley] /leɪ/ verb (used with object), laid, laying. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him low. 3. to put […]