secularize

To make secular.

Verb

  1. To make secular.

Origin

Etymology tree English secular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English secularize From secular + -ize.

Forms

secularizes secularizing secularized secularise

Hyponyms

deconsecrate & Thesaurus:desecrate

Related

secular secularization laicize

Derived

desecularize secularizable secularizer unsecularize unsecularized