Secularize

What do we mean by secularize?

To transfer from ecclesiastical or religious to civil or lay use or ownership. transitive verb

To draw away from religious orientation; make worldly. transitive verb

To lift the monastic restrictions from (a member of the clergy). transitive verb

To make secular.

To make worldly or unspiritual; divest of religious observances or influences: as, to secularize the Sabbath; to secularize the press; to secularize education.

To convert to or imbue with secularism: as, to secularize the masses.

Also spelled secularise.

To convert from regular or monastic into secular. transitive verb

To convert from spiritual to secular or common use. transitive verb

To make worldly or unspiritual. transitive verb

To make secular. verb

Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation verb

Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control verb

To make secular.

Words that are spelled similarly to secularize:
secularize, secularise, secularism, secularist, regularize, secularity, secularized, unsecularize, peculiarize, secularizer, secularizes, specularite.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word secularize:
brotherhood, monasteries, clergy, missions, islamic, muslim, religious, lands, enough, society, catholic, goal, education, church, schools.

Words that rhyme with secularize:
secular eyes.

Consonant match to secularize:
circularize, secular eyes.

Words that sound like secularize:
secularize, secularized, secular, secularist, circulars, secularly, regularize, secularism, sacculus, saccular, circulary, sacralize, siqueiros, succulence, sexualize, secures, signalize, securus, circular saw, circular, settlers, sequels, specular, squealers, circuler, circularly, decolorize, scullers, secularists, semmelweis, cellulase, circulus, saeculum, speculums.