laicize: Meaning and Definition of

la•i•cize

Pronunciation: (lā'u-sīz"), [key]
— -cized, -ciz•ing.
  1. to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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