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secularization |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: secularization n : transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession [syn: {secularisation}]
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