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secularize

Verb (transitive)

sec=u=lar=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

secularize(v = verb.change) secularise - make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey"

is one way to change state, turn

Derived form noun secularization₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

secularize(v = verb.possession) desacralize - transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control; Array

is one way to transfer

Derived form noun secularization₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

secularize, v. t. [Cf. F. séculariser.].

To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk. [1913 Webster]
To convert from spiritual to secular or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property. [1913 Webster]
"At the Reformation the abbey was secularized." [1913 Webster]
To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley. [1913 Webster]

VB secularize.

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