laicize

A verb meaning to make something secular or non-religious; to remove clerical or ecclesiastical character.

• 🇨🇳动词，指使某事物世俗化或非宗教化，去除其宗教或教会性质；也指解除某人的神职身份，使其转入世俗状态。

1. Reduce to lay status C2 formal

   To remove clerical or ecclesiastical character from something; to make secular or non-religious.

   • The bishop decided to laicize the priest after the scandal.
   • The church council voted to laicize several members of the clergy.
   • The process to laicize a religious institution can be lengthy.

   🇨🇳世俗化

   同义词: deconsecratedefrocksecularizeunfrock

   反义词: consecrateordainsanctify

• laicized past participle
• laicized past simple
• laicizing present participle
• laicizes third person singular