'Secularize' definitions:
Definition of 'secularize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey" [syn: secularize, secularise]
verb
Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control [syn: desacralize, secularize]
Definition of 'Secularize'
From: GCIDE
- Secularize \Sec"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.] [Cf. F. s['e]culariser.]
- 1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To convert from spiritual to secular or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property. [1913 Webster]
- At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. --W. Coxe. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make worldly or unspiritual. --Bp. Horsley. [1913 Webster]