untheologize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ theologize

Verb[edit]

untheologize (third-person singular simple present untheologizes, present participle untheologizing, simple past and past participle untheologized)

  1. (transitive, rare) To remove the theology from.
    • 1890, George Mather, Charles John Blagg, Bishop Rawle: A Memoir, page 47:
      [] as the Chief Justice gives out that he is only waiting the Bishop's arrival to bring forward some strong measures touching the College, and tending to untheologize it.