secularizationn.

/ˌsɛkjʊlərʌɪˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology: < secularize v. + -ation suffix. Compare French sécularisation (16–17 cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. The conversion of an ecclesiastical or religious institution or its property to secular possession and use; the conversion of an ecclesiastical state or sovereignty to a lay one; an instance of this.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > [noun]

secularization1706

deconsecration1867

laicizing1884

desacralization1959

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Secularization, The Act of Secularizing.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 273 A Bill for restoring to it all that it had lost by Impropriations and other Secularizations.

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. xiii. 349 Till its [sc. the abbey of Fulda's] late secularization its superior was a prince of the empire.

1864 Realm 20 Apr. 4 He..wished to accompany the restoration of the Pope by a number of reasonable reforms,..namely,..the secularisation of the administration [etc.].

1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iv. 204 The secularisation of the property of the Religious Orders has been..a more or less rude..operation.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iv. 428 He resented the secularization of revenues set apart for a..sacred purpose.

b. transferred.

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1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 350/1 But we find him [sc. a chorister], after the probation of a twelvemonth or so, reverting to a secular condition, and become one of us... The first fruits of his secularization was an engagement upon the boards of Old Drury.

2. The giving of a secular or non-sacred character or direction to (art, studies, etc.); the placing (of morals) on a secular basis; the restricting (of education) to secular subjects.

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1863 E. A. Bond in Fine Arts Quarterly I. 87 With this secularization of the art, painting rapidly threw off the conventionalism of the cloister.

1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism (1878) I. 57 It..thus prepared the way for that general secularisation of the European intellect.

1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 143 Persons who demand the entire secularization of the schools.

1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics Pref. 4 Now that moral injunctions are losing the authority given by their supposed sacred origin, the secularization of morals is becoming imperative.

3. The alteration of the status of an ecclesiastic from regular to secular.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > secularization > [noun]

secularization1882

1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2146 Secularization means..the legal absolution from ecclesiastical vows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	secularization
释义	secularizationn. /ˌsɛkjʊlərʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Etymology: < secularize v. + -ation suffix. Compare French sécularisation (16–17 cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. a. The conversion of an ecclesiastical or religious institution or its property to secular possession and use; the conversion of an ecclesiastical state or sovereignty to a lay one; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > [noun] secularization1706 deconsecration1867 laicizing1884 desacralization1959 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Secularization, The Act of Secularizing. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 273 A Bill for restoring to it all that it had lost by Impropriations and other Secularizations. 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. xiii. 349 Till its [sc. the abbey of Fulda's] late secularization its superior was a prince of the empire. 1864 Realm 20 Apr. 4 He..wished to accompany the restoration of the Pope by a number of reasonable reforms,..namely,..the secularisation of the administration [etc.]. 1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iv. 204 The secularisation of the property of the Religious Orders has been..a more or less rude..operation. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iv. 428 He resented the secularization of revenues set apart for a..sacred purpose. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 350/1 But we find him [sc. a chorister], after the probation of a twelvemonth or so, reverting to a secular condition, and become one of us... The first fruits of his secularization was an engagement upon the boards of Old Drury. 2. The giving of a secular or non-sacred character or direction to (art, studies, etc.); the placing (of morals) on a secular basis; the restricting (of education) to secular subjects. ΚΠ 1863 E. A. Bond in Fine Arts Quarterly I. 87 With this secularization of the art, painting rapidly threw off the conventionalism of the cloister. 1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism (1878) I. 57 It..thus prepared the way for that general secularisation of the European intellect. 1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 143 Persons who demand the entire secularization of the schools. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics Pref. 4 Now that moral injunctions are losing the authority given by their supposed sacred origin, the secularization of morals is becoming imperative. 3. The alteration of the status of an ecclesiastic from regular to secular. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > secularization > [noun] secularization1882 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2146 Secularization means..the legal absolution from ecclesiastical vows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1706
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