Definitions for: Secularization

[n] transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
[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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: secularisation

See Also: change, transfer, transference

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