secularisation

uncountable

A noun referring to the process of removing something, such as art, education, society, or morality, from the control or influence of religion, or the transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее процесс освобождения чего-либо (например, искусства, образования, общества или морали) от контроля или влияния религии, или передача собственности от церковного владения гражданскому.

1. Removal of religious influence C1 formal

   The process of making something, such as society, education, or morality, no longer controlled or influenced by religion.

   • The secularisation of education led to the establishment of non-religious schools.
   • Secularisation in Europe has changed how people view morality and ethics.
   • The secularisation of art allowed for more diverse and non-religious themes.

   🇷🇺Секуляризация

   Synonyms: secularization

2. Transfer of church property C1 formal

   The transfer of property or assets from the control of the church or religious institutions to civil or state ownership.

   • The secularisation of church lands occurred during the French Revolution.
   • Many monasteries were closed as part of the secularisation process.
   • The government oversaw the secularisation of ecclesiastical properties.

   🇷🇺Секуляризация

   Synonyms: confiscationexpropriationnationalization

• secularisations plural form
• secularisations' possessive plural form
• secularisation's possessive singular form