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Webster 1913 Edition

Secularization

Secˊu-lar-i-za′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
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, the
secularization
of church property
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Secularization

SECULARIZA'TION

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Noun.
[foom secularize.] the act of converting a regular person, place or benefice into a secular one. Most cathedral churchses were formerly regular, that is, the canons were of religious or monastic orders; but they have since been secularized. for the secularization of a regular church, there is wanted the authority of the pope, that of the prince, the bishop of the place, the patron, and even the consent of the people.

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