Meanings
verbsecularize (third-person singular simple present secularizes, present participle secularizing, simple past and past participle secularized)
present singular third person secularizes · participle present secularizing · participle past secularized · past secularized · alternative secularise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo make secular.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbtransfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
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Translations
Catalan laïcitzar, secularitzar
- laïcitzarto make secular
- secularitzarto make secular
Finnish sekularisoida, sekulaaristaa
- sekularisoidato make secular
- sekulaaristaato make secular
French laïciser, séculariser
- laïciserto make secular
- séculariserto make secular
Hungarian szekularizál
- szekularizálto make secular
Irish dí-eaglaisigh
- dí-eaglaisighto make secular
Italian laicizzare, secolarizzare
- laicizzareto make secular
- secolarizzareto make secular
Portuguese laicizar, laicificar
- laicizarto make secular
- laicificarto make secular
- secularizarto make secular
Russian обмирщи́ть
- обмирщи́ть (obmirščítʹ)to make secular
Spanish laicizar, secularizar
- laicizarto make secular
- secularizarto make secular
Swedish sekularisera, förvärldsliga
- sekulariserato make secular
- förvärldsligato make secular
Yiddish סעקולאַריזירן, סעקוליאַריזירן
- סעקולאַריזירן (sekularizirn)to make secular
- סעקוליאַריזירן (sekulyarizirn)to make secular
- פֿאַרוועלטלעכן (farveltlekhn)to make secular
Cite this entry
APA
secularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secularize
MLA
“secularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secularize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secularize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secularize.
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