Sec"u*lar*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing (?).] [Cf. F. s'eculaiser.]
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.
© Webster 1913.