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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
- [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
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SECULARIZATION is a 14 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | secularisation |
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| | See Also: | | change, transfer, transference |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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