secularize, secularise
(verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; “Ataturk secularized Turkey”
desacralize, secularize
(verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
Source: WordNet® 3.1
secularize (third-person singular simple present secularizes, present participle secularizing, simple past and past participle secularized)
(transitive) To make secular.
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. séculaiser.]
1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
2. To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property. At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe.
3. To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 January 2025
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