• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secularize
secularize, secularizing, secularized 1. To transfer something from a religious to a nonreligious use, or from control by a religious body to control by the state or a lay body. 2. To remove the religious dimension or element from something, or otherwise make it secular. 3. To make secular; separate from a religious or a spiritual connection or i...