laicizePronunciation: /ˈleɪɪsʌɪz/ (also laicise)Definition of laicize verb [with object] formal withdraw clerical character, control, or status from:when his priestly vocation no longer satisfied him he had asked to be laicizedDerivatives laicism noun laicizationPronunciation: /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun laicize in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of laicize in the US English dictionary
