'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]