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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of rendering lay, or of depriving of a clerical character; removal from clerical rank, influence, or control.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of laicizing
Examples
“One knock on laicization is that the church and former priest cut ties, meaning an abuser would be free of all church supervision.”
“Anne Barrett Doyle of BishopAccountability. org said laicization is a strong statement against the priest and a validation of victims, which is important because most cases are too old to go to civil or criminal court.”
“According to Church law, a man who is allowed to leave the priesthood, under a procedure known as a laicization, must receive a separate dispensation from the vow of celibacy from the Pope.”
“Defrocking, or what the Roman Catholic Church prefers to call laicization, is applied rarely, in extreme cases of misconduct.”
“The Vatican's attorney in the U.S., Jeffrey Lena of Berkeley, Calif., has said the documents show the Vatican was not aware of allegations against Ronan until church officials in the U.S. moved to remove him from his priestly duties, a process known as laicization.”
“Then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's Feb. 19, 1988, letter shows he complained officially that church law made it exceedingly difficult to remove abusers if they didn't request so-called laicization voluntarily.”
“Mr. Lena, couldn't confirm the authenticity of the 1985 letter, but said it appeared to be a form letter typically sent out in cases involving "laicization," or defrocking.”
The Wall Street Journal: Church Faces Hurdles to Imposing Abuse Law
“And amid all the ideas and tendencies of "laicization" this protectorate continues to exist as relic and a right of”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“While the force of Philistine fatuity can no further go than it has gone in the 'laicization' of the home of Jeanne d'Arc, I ought to say that the actual keeper of the place seemed to me to be a decent sort of fellow, not wholly destitute of respect for its traditions and its significance.”
“Domrémy is in the electoral district of Neufchâteau, and the elections of 1889 do not show that the 'laicization' policy has given the”
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qroqqa GEORGE: What happened to the old Archbishop?
DOTTY: He abdicated . . . or resigned or uncoped himself—
GEORGE (thoughtfully): Dis-mantled himself, perhaps.
—Stoppard, Jumpers Apr 5, 2009
sionnach Ooh! I loves me a good discussion of ecclesiastical haberdashery. Apr 4, 2009
reesetee Priests' frocks in general, you mean? Those are stylin'. Apr 3, 2009
chained_bear They *should* wear frocks. They're stylin'.
p.s. priests in general, I mean. Apr 3, 2009
reesetee Rolig, just posted almost the same comment and then saw yours. Most priests don't wear frocks these days anyway, so I'm guessing that's why "laicize" is more widely used. But I'll stick with defrock. Apr 3, 2009
rolig The word I prefer (because it better conveys the notion of punishment and not just moving from one status to another) is defrock (and the corresponding verbal noun defrocking). Though perhaps we should worry about priests accused of child molesting being stripped of their frocks. Apr 3, 2009
chained_bear I like disordainment, but there's no good reason for that one either. Apr 3, 2009
qroqqa Dismantled, as Stoppard suggested? Apr 3, 2009
chained_bear In that (excellent) article, it's also spelled layization, but I think I like this spelling better. Odd, though—I would've thought the word were something like disordination. Apr 3, 2009
seanahan Interesting, a layperson is one who is not a member of a clergy, and this word reflects that. Apr 3, 2009
john “Laicization — or removing a priest from the priesthood — was what Father Fitzgerald recommended for many abusive priests to bishops and Pope Paul VI.�?
The New York Times, Early Alarm for Church on Abusers in the Clergy, by Laurie Goodstein, April 2, 2009 Apr 3, 2009