[{"word":"laicized","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They will laicise each of the schools in the district."},{"definition":"To reduce from clergy to layman.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest."},{"definition":"To convert to lay status.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Freed from ecclesiastical control","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Secularized","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laicize","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laicized"]}]