Secularize
Pronunciation : Sec"u*lar*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. s?culaiser.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913