make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
To convert from spiritual to secular or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property
To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk
make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey" transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property
secu·lar·ized in BRIT, also use secularised Secularized societies are no longer under the control or influence of religion. The Pope had no great sympathy for the secularized West