adjective
- made secular; removed from religious or spiritual influence or control
Examples
- The secularized education system no longer included mandatory prayer.
- Many European countries have become increasingly secularized over the past century.
- The hospital was secularized and is now run by the state rather than the church.
- She grew up in a secularized household where religion played no role.
- The secularized version of the holiday focuses on family rather than religious traditions.
- Universities became secularized institutions during the Enlightenment period.