Home › Words › D › declericalizationdeclericalizationdeclericalization means the removal of clerical influence.EtymologyFrom declericalize + -ation.nounThe removal of clerical influenceDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.declericalize 88% match — To remove clerical influence (from). vs declericalization →clericalization 73% match — The process of making clerical. vs declericalization →dereligionization 70% match — The process of dereligionizing. vs declericalization →anticlericalism 67% match — The opposition to political influence of clerics. vs declericalization →clericalize 67% match — To make clerical. vs declericalization →deconfessionalize 66% match — To remove the influence of a particular religion from. vs declericalization →clericalism 65% match — Political or secular power invested in members of the clergy. vs declericalization →clericality 63% match — The condition of being clerical vs declericalization →