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]