laicize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. transitive
    — They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
  2. To reduce from clergy to layman. transitive
    — Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
  3. To convert to lay status. intransitive
    — The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.

词形变化

laicizes present,singular,third-person laicizing participle,present laicized participle,past laicized past

词汇关系

衍生词
laicizer
相关词
laicism laicization lay layman lay person laywoman

词源

Etymology tree
English laic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English laicize
From laic (“layperson”) + -ize (verbal suffix).
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