SECULARIZES

Verb

secularizes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of secularize

Source: Wiktionary


SECULARIZE

Sec"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. séculaiser.]

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. At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe.

3. To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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