Bible Dictionaries
Secularization

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Secularization'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/secularization.html. 1828.