LAICIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laicize mean? 

• LAICIZE (verb)
  The verb LAICIZE has 1 sense:

1. reduce to lay status

  Familiarity information: LAICIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAICIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they laicize    ... he / she / it laicizes   
Past simple: laicized   
Past participle: laicized   
-ing form: laicizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce to lay status

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

laicise; laicize

Context example:

laicize the parochial schools

Hypernyms (to "laicize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something