(to convert to or imbue with secularism)

  • 1secularize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1611 1. to make secular 2. to transfer from ecclesiastical to civil or lay use, possession, or control 3. to convert to or imbue with secularism • secularization noun • secularizer noun …

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  • 2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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