Secularize /(?)/

Sec·u·lar·ize

Secularize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing

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