Verb: secularize 'sek-yu-lu,rIz
- Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
"Ataturk secularized Turkey";
- secularise [Brit]
- Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
"The government secularized several church properties";
- desacralize, desacralise [Brit], secularise [Brit]
Derived forms: secularized, secularizes, secularizing
Type of: change state, transfer, turn
Encyclopedia: Secularize