Thesaurus: secularize

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1. v. t. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
2. v. t. To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.
3. v. t. To make worldly or unspiritual.
4. v. make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
5. v. transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
6. 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.
7. v:100 v. make secular and draw away from a religious orientation