Secularization

[,sɛkjələrə'zeʃən]

解释:

(noun.) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.

(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.

杰夫编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(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.

整理:莱缪尔