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laicise

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la⋅i⋅cize

  [ley-uh-sahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -cized, -ciz⋅ing.
to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
Also, especially British, la⋅i⋅cise.

Origin:
1790–1800; laic + -ize

Related forms:
la⋅i⋅ci⋅za⋅tion  [ley-uh-suh-zey-shuhn] , noun
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verb
reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools" [syn: laicize] 
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