Secularizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secularize \Sec"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secularized};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Secularizing}.] [Cf. F. s['e]culariser.]
     1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to
        secularize a priest or a monk.
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     2. To convert from spiritual to secular or common use; as, to
        secularize a church, or church property.
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              At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. --W.
                                                    Coxe.
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     3. To make worldly or unspiritual. --Bp. Horsley.
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