Found 2 items, similar to Secularization.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: secularization
secularization
n 1: the activity of changing something (art or education or
society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the
control or influence of religion [syn:
secularisation]
2: transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
[syn:
secularisation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Secularization
Secularization
\Sec`u*lar*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
s['e]cularisation.]
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.
[1913 Webster]