'Secularizing' definitions:

Definition of 'Secularizing'

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  • 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]

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