Sĕc'ū-lar-ize, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SECULARIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. SECULARIZING.] [Fr. séculariser, Sp. secularizar, It. secolarizzare.]

1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or monk.
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. Coxe. 3. To make worldly or unspiritual.