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Meaning of SECULARIZATION

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
  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
 
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 Synonyms: secularisation
 
 See Also: change, transfer, transference

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
 

 

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