secularize Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularise.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
desacralize.

Cf. F. séculaiser.

imperfect & past participle Secularized ; present participle & verbal noun Secularizing

To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.
At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe.
To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley.