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Webster 1913 Edition
Secularize
Sec′u-lar-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Secularized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Secularizing
.] [Cf. F.
séculariser
.] 1.
To convert from regular or monastic into secular;
as, to
. secularize
a priest or a monk2.
To convert from spiritual to secular or common use;
as, to
. secularize
a church, or church propertyAt the Reformation the abbey was
secularized
. W. Coxe.
3.
To make worldly or unspiritual.
Bp. Horsley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Secularize
SEC'ULARIZE
,Verb.
T.
1. To make secular; to convert from spiritual appropriation to scular or common use; to convert that which is regular or monastic into secular; as, the ancient regular cathedral churches were secularized.
At the reformation, the abbey was secularized. Coxe, Switz.
2. To make worldy.
Definition 2024
secularize
secularize
English
Verb
secularize (third-person singular simple present secularizes, present participle secularizing, simple past and past participle secularized)
- To make secular.
Derived terms
Translations
to make secular
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