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Definition of secularize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

secularize

verb

NAmE//ˈsɛkyələˌraɪz//

[often passive] secularize somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they secularize

he / she / it secularizes

past simple secularized

-ing form secularizing

to make something secular; to remove something from the control or influence of religion a secularized society

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