Meaning

1 senses

  1. To remove clerical influence (from).

    Near-synonym: secularize

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From de- + clerical + -ize.

From de- + clerical + -ize.

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Forms

declericalizes, declericalizing, declericalized, declericalized
Base formdeclericalize · to declericalize
3rd person singulardeclericalizes
Present participledeclericalizing
Past simpledeclericalized
Past participledeclericalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeclericalize
he, she, itdeclericalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeclericalized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave declericalized
he, she, ithas declericalized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill declericalize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
secularize

Word family

5 related words
Relatedanticlericanticlericalismclericocracydebureaucratize
Deriveddeclericalization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
declarativedeclareB1declawdeclensiondeclinationC2declineB1declutter
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