secularize

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
    transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control

Word Origin

secularize (v.)
1610s, of property, offices, etc., from secular + -ize. From 1711 as "to become worldly;" from 1846 of education, social institutions, etc. Related: Secularized; secularizing.

Example

1. To change to lay status ; secularize .

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