1: to give a general form to 2 a: to derive or induce (a general conception or principle) from particulars b: to draw a general conclusion from 3: to
give general applicability to; also: to make indefinite
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It
gives a lot more protection than the rule that laws have to be religiously neutral, which is why you have cases like Hobby Lobby (in which a federal law requiring employers to pay for contraception, though religiously neutral and of
general applicability, was ruled to not apply to companies with religious objections to contraception).