01 v. t. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
imp. & p. p.
Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Secularizing
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1.
To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
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2.
To convert from spiritual to secular or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.“At the Reformation the abbey was secularized.” — W. Coxe.
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3.
To make worldly or unspiritual.