Laicize (Verb)
Meaning
Reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government decided to laicize the parochial schools to promote secular education.
- These reforms aim to laicize state institutions by separating them from the influence of the church.
- By secularizing education, the goal was to laicize Catholic schools across the country.
- Changes in the law aimed to laicize the healthcare system by involving more private, non-religious providers.
- Pope Francis initiated bold steps to laicize power structures within the Catholic Church hierarchy.