(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
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; as, the secularization of church property. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Secularized p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing ] [ Cf. F. séculariser. ] 1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To convert from spiritual to secular or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property. [ 1913 Webster ]
At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
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