Secularize

Secularize
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • secularize — (Amer.) sec·u·lar·ize || sekjÉ™lÉ™raɪz / kjÊŠl v. make secular; make nonreligious; make worldly (also secularise) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • secularize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1611 1. to make secular 2. to transfer from ecclesiastical to civil or lay use, possession, or control 3. to convert to or imbue with secularism • secularization noun • secularizer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • secularize — secularization, n. secularizer, n. /sek yeuh leuh ruyz /, v.t., secularized, secularizing. 1. to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism. 2. to change… …   Universalium

  • secularize — verb To make secular …   Wiktionary

  • secularize — sec|u|lar|ize also secularise BrE [ˈsekjuləraız] v [T] to remove the control or influence of religious groups from a society or an institution >secularization [ˌsekjuləraıˈzeıʃən US rə ] n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • secularize — sec|u|lar|ize [ sekjələr,aız ] verb transitive to make something less religious or stop it from being controlled by religion ╾ sec|u|lar|i|za|tion [ sekjələr, zeıʃn ] noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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