secularize
to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
to change (clergy) from regular to secular.
to transfer (property) from ecclesiastical to civil possession or use.
Origin of secularize
1- Also especially British, sec·u·lar·ise .
Other words from secularize
- sec·u·lar·i·za·tion [sek-yuh-luh-rahy-zey-shuhn] /ˌsɛk yə lə raɪˈzeɪ ʃən/ noun
- sec·u·lar·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·sec·u·lar·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·sec·u·lar·ized, o·ver·sec·u·lar·iz·ing.
- un·sec·u·lar·ized, adjective
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How to use secularize in a sentence
It was Napoleon who asked the Pope to secularise Talleyrand.
Talleyrand | Joseph McCabeFar from wishing to secularise education, I hold that it cannot be too religious.
What Is and What Might Be | Edmond Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for secularize
secularise
/ (ˈsɛkjʊləˌraɪz) /
to change from religious or sacred to secular functions, etc
to dispense from allegiance to a religious order
law to transfer (property) from ecclesiastical to civil possession or use
English legal history to transfer (an offender) from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to that of the civil courts for the imposition of a more severe punishment
Derived forms of secularize
- secularization or secularisation, noun
- secularizer or seculariser, noun
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