secularize

英 ['sekjələraɪz] 美 ['sekjələraɪz]

• vt. 使世俗化；使还俗；改供俗用
• =secularise(英).

英英释义

Verb:

1. make secular and draw away from a religious orientation;

   "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
   

2. transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control

经典引文

• It was impious to secularize ecclesiastical property.

  出自： H. T. Buckle

近反义词

【近义词】

• secularise 世俗化
• desacralize 使非神圣化