1. past tense and past participle of laicise; to remove from religious authority or control; to make secular or lay
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: laicized); formal/academic

Examples

• The government laicised the education system by removing religious instruction from public schools.
• Many European nations laicised their institutions during the 19th century.
• The church's property was laicised and transferred to state control.
• They laicised the formerly monastic building and converted it into a library.
• The reform movement laicised several religious orders, allowing members to return to secular life.