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Laicizes vs Laicized - What's the difference?

laicizes | laicized |

As verbs the difference between laicizes and laicized

is that laicizes is third-person singular of laicize while laicized is past tense of laicize.

As an adjective laicized is

freed from ecclesiastical control.

laicizes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (laicize)

    • laicize

    English

    Verb

    (laiciz)
  • To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
    • They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
  • To reduce from clergy to layman.
    • Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
  • To convert to lay status.
    • The soup kitchen laicised , it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.

    Related terms

    * laicism * laicization * lay * layman * laywoman * lay person

    laicized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (laicize)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • freed from ecclesiastical control
  • secularized