About The Word Secularize
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Secularize
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What's The Definition Of Secularize?
[v] make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
[v] transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control Synonyms | Synonyms for Secularize: secularise Related Terms | Find terms related to Secularize: See Also | change state | transfer | turn Secularize In Webster's Dictionary \Sec"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secularized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Secularizing}.] [Cf. F. s['e]culaiser.]
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.
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