Definition of Secularization

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Secularisation
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Secularise, Secularize

2. Noun. Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.
Exact synonyms: Secularisation
Generic synonyms: Transfer, Transference
Derivative terms: Secularize

Definition of Secularization

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.

Definition of Secularization

1. Noun. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Secularization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secularization

secular humanism
secular progressivism
secularisation
secularise
secularised
secularises
secularising
secularism
secularisms
secularist
secularistic
secularists
secularities
secularity
secularizable
secularization
secularizations
secularize
secularized
secularizer
secularizers
secularizes
secularizing
secularly
secularness
seculars
seculum
seculums
secund
secundation

Literary usage of Secularization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"It was desirable from every point of view that the process of secularization should be completed. As was evident to every person in California, ..."

2. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"As a fitting introduction, I refer the reader to what I have written on secularization for the preceding period of 1826-30, ..."

3. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1913)
"Another Secularization Decree.— Figueroa and the Californians. ... The mission despoilers and their abettors chose to call it "secularization," but it was ..."

4. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1913)
"Another Secularization Decree.— Figueroa and the Californians. ... The mission despoilers and their abettors chose to call it "secularization," but it was ..."

5. Economic Beginnings of the Far West: How We Won the Land Beyond the Mississippi by Katharine Coman (1912)
"Secularization of the Missions The secularization of missions of more than ten years standing was ordered by the Spanish Cortes in 1813. ..."

6. Economic Beginnings of the Far West: How We Won the Land Beyond the Mississippi by Katharine Coman (1912)
"Secularization of the Missions The secularization of missions of more than ten years standing was ordered by the Spanish Cortes in 1813. ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Secularization is granted to these regulars like dispensation to religious with ... Secularization may be summarized under two heads : maintenance of the ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Secularization may be summarized under two heads: maintenance of the religious life ... France, who have temporary renewable secularization in virtue of the ..."

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