Associations to the word «Secularization»

Wiktionary

SECULARIZATION, noun. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.

Dictionary definition

SECULARIZATION, 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.
SECULARIZATION, noun. Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.