1. past tense and past participle of laicize; to remove from religious authority or control; to make secular or lay
Usage: formal; often used in religious or historical contexts
2. to reduce the influence or authority of the clergy in (a state, institution, or society)
Usage: formal; historical or political context

Examples

• The government laicized the education system by removing religious instruction from public schools.
• Many European nations laicized their institutions during the Enlightenment.
• The monastery was laicized and converted into a museum.
• After the revolution, the state laicized previously church-controlled hospitals.
• The organization laicized its leadership by appointing non-clergy members to key positions.
• Several religious orders were laicized during the period of church reform.