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secularize(dictionary)

secularize (iou)



secularize verb. Also secularise. E17.
[French seculariser, from Latin saecularis SECULAR: see -IZE.]
verb trans. Convert from ecclesiastical to civil possession or use; esp. place (church property) at the disposal of the secular or civil power. E17.
H. T. Buckle It was impious to secularize ecclesiastical property.
b. Laicize; deprive of clerical character, remove from clerical control. M19.
verb trans. Make (a member of a monastic or other religious order) secular. L17.
verb trans. Dissociate from religious or spiritual concerns, convert to material and temporal purposes; turn (a person etc.) from a religious or spiritual state to worldliness. E18.
Nature The development of secularized and scientific university education.
verb intrans. Become secular; adopt secular habits. M19.
secularizer noun L19.