[f. next + -ATION. Cf. F. laicisation.] The action or process of rendering lay or subjecting to lay control.
1881. Sat. Rev., 9 July, 37/2. The example of England was frequently quoted in support of this process of ‘laicization.’
1884. Ch. Times, 13 June, 445/3. There is one reform which we desire to see carried out … that is what we may call the laicisation of the parish churches.
1889. Times, 5 Jan., 5/3. The laicization of the hospitals has provoked, and still provokes, extreme irritation.
1896. Speaker, 25 July, 102/2. The laicisation of elementary education may easily be exaggerated.
