secularisation

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See also: sécularisation

English

Etymology

From secular +‎ -isation.

Noun

secularisation (countable and uncountable, plural secularisations)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization.
    • 1890 January, J. M. King, “Education: Not Secular nor Sectarian, but Religious”, in Archibald Macmurchy, editor, The Canada Educational Monthly and School Magazine, volume 12, Toronto: The Canada Educational Monthly Publishing Company Ltd., page 2:
      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.