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laicize
[ ley-uh-sahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize:
to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
laicize
/ 藞濒别瑟瑟藢蝉补瑟锄 /
verb
- tr to withdraw clerical or ecclesiastical character or status from (an institution, building, etc)
Derived Forms
- 藢濒补颈肠颈藞锄补迟颈辞苍, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 濒补路颈路肠颈路锄补路迟颈辞苍 [ley-, uh, -s, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
Example Sentences
McCarrick is believed to be the first cardinal ever laicized 鈥 removed from the priesthood 鈥 over sexual misconduct.
He鈥檚 the highest ranking member of the church known to have been laicized.
The Vatican laicized Evans, essentially removing him from the priesthood, while he was in prison.
In the letter to the U.S. bishops, Archbishop Pierre said 鈥淢r. Pavone鈥 had been 鈥渓aicized,鈥 meaning he could no longer represent himself as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.
Usually priests ask to be laicized if evidence of abuse against them is overwhelming or if they want to leave the priesthood to get married.
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