Category:Secularize

Sec"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.] Etym: [cf. F. séculaiser.]

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.