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Definition of Secularize
1. Verb. Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation. "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Secularisation, Secularization
2. Verb. Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control.
Definition of Secularize
1. v. t. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
Definition of Secularize
1. Verb. To make secular. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secularize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secularize
Literary usage of Secularize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... to dominate the Middle Ages until their end—the rise of the knights and burgers,
with a resultant increasing tendency to secularize and popularize art. ..."
2. Liberia: Or, The Early History & Signal Preservation of the American Colony by William Innes (1833)
"They tend to lower the standard of piety, to secularize the character of the
church, and obscure the original splendour and glory of the gospel. ..."
3. Liberia: Or, The Early History & Signal Preservation of the American Colony by William Innes (1833)
"They tend to lower the standard of piety, to secularize the character of the
church, and obscure the original splendour and glory of the gospel. ..."
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