desecularize

desecularize means to make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

Why “desecularize” is a great word

To reverse secularization by returning something from the worldly to the sacred. From the English prefix de- (indicating reversal) + secularize (to make secular, from Latin saecularis, 'worldly, temporal'). Unlike 'consecrate,' which formalizes a new dedication to the divine, or 'sacralize,' which can imbue any concept with holiness, to desecularize is to reclaim what was once profaned. It is the parish hall, once a community center, again echoing with liturgy; the national holiday, stripped of commercial gloss, reclaimed for solemn observance; the quiet heart, finding its private rituals no longer ashamed. It speaks not of a new blessing, but of an old one, remembered and restored—a quiet counter-revolution against the tide of modern time.

Etymology

From de- + secularize.

verb

To make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion.“Is Heidegger's theory of the forgetting of Being then an attempt to desecularize the world? And is his interpretation of Dasein to be read as a venture toward reestablishing the grounds for belief?”