1. to remove the religious or sacred character from something; to make secular or lay
Usage: third person singular present tense of 'laicize'; formal, often used in religious or institutional contexts
2. to convert (clergy or religious institutions) to lay or secular status
Usage: third person singular present tense of 'laicize'; religious/institutional usage

Examples

• The government laicizes education by removing religious instruction from public schools.
• The reform movement laicizes the church's administrative structure.
• Modern society increasingly laicizes traditionally religious holidays.
• The policy laicizes marriage by treating it as a civil contract rather than a sacrament.
• Universities laicize their curricula to emphasize secular knowledge.
• The organization laicizes its leadership by hiring non-ordained professionals.