Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb laicize

1 sense of laicize

Sense 1
laicize, laicise -- (reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")