laicize Syllabification: (la·i·cize)Pronunciation: /ˈlāəˌsīz/Definition of laicize verb [with object] formal withdraw clerical character, control, or status from (someone or something); secularize:when his priestly vocation no longer satisfied him, he had asked to be laicizedDerivatives laicismPronunciation: /-ˌsizəm/ noun laicizationPronunciation: /ˌlāəsəˈzāSHən/ noun laicize in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of laicize in the British & World English dictionary
