Look up: Secularization


  1. Secularization
    A process of decline in the influence of religion. Although modern societies have become increasingly secular, tracing the extent of secularization is a complex matter. Secularization can refer to levels of involvement with religious organizations (such as rates of church attendance), the social and...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20212

  2. secularization
    [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 2. [n] - transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=secularization

  3. Secularization
    Sec`u·lar·i·za'tion noun [ Confer French sécularisation .] 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, ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/52

  4. secularization
    secularisation noun transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=secularization

  5. Secularization
    • (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; as, the secularization of church property.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/secularization/

  6. secularization
    secularization 1. The transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession. 2. A procedure of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion. 3. The process of becoming secular; the separation of civil or educ...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3785/

  7. Secularization
    Secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward nonreligious (or irreligious) values and secular institutions. Secularization thesis refers to the belief that as societies "progress", particularly through ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularization

  8. secularization
    The process through which religious thinking, practice, and institutions lose their religious and/or social significance. The concept is based on the theory, held by some sociologists, that as societies become industrialized their religious morals, values, and institutions give way to secular ones a...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006456.html

  9. secularization
    1) Change 2) Secularisation
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/secularization/1

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