| VERB | change | secularize, secularise | make secular and draw away from a religious orientation |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | secularize, desacralize | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control |
| Meaning | make secular and draw away from a religious orientation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Ataturk secularized Turkey" | |
| Synonym | secularise | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Spanish | secularizar | |
| Catalan | secularitzar | |
| Nouns | secularization | the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion |
| Meaning | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | desacralize | |
| Broader | transfer | Cause to change ownership |
| Spanish | secularizar | |
| Catalan | secularitzar | |
| Nouns | secularization | transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession |
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