'Secularization' definitions:

Definition of 'secularization'

(from WordNet)
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 [syn: secularization, secularisation]
noun
Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession [syn: secularization, secularisation]

Definition of 'Secularization'

From: GCIDE
  • Secularization \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. [1913 Webster]