n. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of rendering secular, or the state of being secularized.
n. Also spelled secularisation.
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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
n. transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
Word Usage
"The view that religious belief will give way to atheism is known as the secularization thesis."