Found 2 items, similar to secularize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: secularize secularize v 1: make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; “Ataturk secularized Turkey” [syn: secularise] 2: transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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]