Sec·u·lar·ize 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.
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secularized
adj : made secular [syn: secularised]