Thesaurus: secularization

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1. n. 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.
2. n. 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
3. n. transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
4. 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.
5. The act of rendering secular, or the state of being renderedsecular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversionfrom religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, thesecularization of church property.
6. n:100 n. 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 n. transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession