secularised

In 1864 the monasteries were secularised, that is to say, they were claimed as State property, a proceeding which was sanctioned by the guaranteeing Powers against payment of an indemnity.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

The transference of the sacrificial idea to the consecrated elements, which, in all probability, Cyprian already found in existence, is ultimately based on the effort to include the element of mystery and magic in the specifically sacerdotal ceremony of sacrifice, and to make the Christian offering assume, though not visibly, the form of a bloody sacrifice, such as secularised Christianity desired.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

Yoga was "secularised" to rid it of any taint of a "pagan" tradition.

The Guardian World News Ramesh Rao 2010

Dr Williams said church attendance may not be as high as it once was but although Britain may have become "secularised" it is not yet "secular".

BabyBlueOnline 2009

Being from Sweden, and I think this is consistent with published surveys, I would say that the nordic countries are among the most secularised societies in the world.

Measuring Corruption, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Yet the secularised world is dominated by profound uncertainty on this matter, especially since western societies legalised divorce.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

Given a spiritual relationship rooted in the God of creation and of covenant (see Nostra Aetate §4), Christians and Jews face a common challenge, namely that of giving witness before a secularised world to the liberating power of God and of proclaiming the human dignity that is based on that power.

Confessing the Messiah: The Church's Confession of Christ in Jewish-Christian Dialogue - Bishop Müller's Statement Pt. IV 2009

Yet the secularised world is dominated by profound uncertainty on this matter, especially since western societies legalised divorce.

Life Issues 2009

Currently there is a new generation already born into this secularised ecclesial environment, which instead of finding opening and consensus, sees within society an ever-widening trench of differences and oppositions to the Magisterium of the Church, especially in the field of ethics.

Another Strong Reprobation of the Hermeneutic of Rupture by Pope Benedict 2009

Yet the secularised world is dominated by profound uncertainty on this matter, especially since western societies legalised divorce.

Pope Benedict XVI 2009