| 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 |
| 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; |