Definitions for: Secularize

[v] make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
[v] transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control

Webster (1913) Definition: Sec"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.] [Cf. F. s['e]culaiser.]
1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to
secularize a priest or a monk.

2. To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize
a church, or church property.

At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. --W.
Coxe.

3. To make worldly or unspiritual. --Bp. Horsley.

Synonyms: secularise

See Also: change state, transfer, turn

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