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Secularisation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization. UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable

    "[E]ven if it were a fact that separate schools could only be equitably got rid of through the entire secularisation of our public school system, much as this end is to be desired, I could not consent to purchase it at such a cost."

  2. 2
    transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession wordnet
  3. 3
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From secularise + -ation.

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