secularize

• 动词，指使某事物世俗化，消除宗教或教会对其的影响或控制。

A verb meaning to make something secular, to remove religious or ecclesiastical influence or control from something.

1. Remove religious influenceC1formal

   To make something less religious or to separate it from religious control or influence.

   世俗化

   • The government moved to secularize the education system by removing religious instruction from public schools.
   • Many European countries began to secularize their institutions during the Enlightenment.
   • The movement aimed to secularize public holidays and ceremonies.

   同义词deconsecratedesacralizelaicize

   反义词consecratehallowsanctify

2. Transfer from religious to civil controlC1formal

   To transfer property, institutions, or functions from ecclesiastical or religious authority to civil or state authority.

   世俗化

   • The new law allowed the state to secularize church-owned lands.
   • During the revolution, the government secularized many monasteries and converted them into public buildings.
   • The process to secularize the hospital took several years of legal negotiations.

   同义词deconsecratelaicize

   反义词consecratesanctify