\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.