Sec`u*lar*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. sécularisation.] 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.
Sec"u*lar*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Secularizing (?).] [Cf. F. séculariser.] 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.