secularize, v.
(secularized, secularizes, secularizing)
freq. cnt. 1
(secularized, secularizes, secularizing)
freq. cnt. 1
make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
secularise secularize
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"Ataturk secularized Turkey"verb frames
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transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
<verb.possession>
desacralize secularize
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