secularization Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    secularisation.
  2. noun transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
    secularisation.

WordNet

Sec`u*lar*i*za"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. sécularisation.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913