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10 Language-to-English DictionariesLaisierung
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lay-ih-tsee-o-rung
"Die Laisierung der Gesellschaft schritt im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert voran."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of reducing a member of the clergy to the status of a layperson, typically by papal dispensation or decree.
"The priest requested laicization in order to marry and pursue a career in civil education." - 2
The process of making something secular or removing it from ecclesiastical control or influence; secularization.
"The rapid laicization of public education marked a major shift in the nation's cultural policy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Medieval Latin laicus, tracing back to the ancient Greek laikos meaning 'of the people', combined with the English suffix -ization to denote the process of making something secular. The term historically emerged within ecclesiastical contexts to describe the removal of a member of the clergy from the status of orders, later expanding into political and sociological discourse to signify the separation of church and state.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Laicization" is said worldwide
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laïcisation
Transliteration: lay-see-zah-see-ohn
"La laïcisation de l'État est un principe fondamental de la république."
Laisierung
Transliteration: lay-ih-tsee-o-rung
"Die Laisierung der Gesellschaft schritt im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert voran."
laicizzazione
Transliteration: lai-chit-tza-tsyo-ne
"La laicizzazione del sistema scolastico ha richiesto riforme profonde."
laicización
Transliteration: lai-the-thah-syohn
"La laicización de las instituciones públicas es clave para la democracia."
laicização
Transliteration: lai-see-za-sao
"O processo de laicização do Estado ocorreu no século passado."
धर्मातीतकरण
Transliteration: dharmateetakaran
"राज्य का धर्मातीतकरण आधुनिक समाज की एक विशेषता है।"
世俗化
Transliteration: shì sú huà
"教育的世俗化改变了传统社会的结构。"
세속화
Transliteration: sesokhwa
"현대 사회는 급격한 세속화를 겪고 있습니다."
還俗
Transliteration: gensoku
"彼は教会の還俗手続きを完了した。"
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