laicize — ONAD

laicize /ˈlāəˌsīz, ˈleɪəˌsaɪz

/ (British also laicise)

▸ verb [with object] formal withdraw clerical character, control, or status from (someone or something); secularize:

when his priestly vocation no longer satisfied him he had asked to be laicized.

– DERIVATIVES
laicism /-ˌsizəm/ noun,laicization /ˌlāəsəˈzāSH(ə)n, , ˌleɪəsəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

, ˌlāəˌsīˈzāSH(ə)n, ˌleɪəˌsaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

/ (British also laicisation) noun