| secularization | (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, Syn. secularisation |
| secularization | (n) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession, Syn. secularisation |
| secularize | (v) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation, Syn. secularise, Example: Ataturk secularized Turkey |
| Secularization | 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; |
| Secularize | v. t. At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ] |