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Secularize [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SEC'ULARIZE , v . t .

2. 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 .

3. At the reformation, the abbey was secularized . Coxe , Switz .

4. To make worldy.

Secularize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.

2. To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.

3. To make worldly or unspiritual.

Secularized [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

. Converted from regular to secular.

Secularized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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