verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make secular. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
2. 2
   make secular and draw away from a religious orientation wordnet
3. 3
   transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

declericalizedesacralizesecularise

Etymology

From secular + -ize.

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