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- noun Plural form of
secularization .
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Examples
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It suffices to recall the secularizations of the Teutonic Knights and their property and then, in England, the confiscation of the monasteries and churches under Henry VIII and his successors.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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In the secularizations initiated under the Merovingians the transference of ecclesiastical property and their tithes or of the tithes alone to laymen was effected.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The secularization under Joseph, if less offensive than other well-known secularizations, is nevertheless reprehensible.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Every Brother, every religious woman, who wished to continue the work of teaching was forthwith compelled to be secularized, and the courts remained, and still remain, competent to contest the legal value of such secularizations.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Somewhat similar secularizations of ecclesiastical property took place throughout Germany, the cities generally leading.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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October, 1801, had come to a profitable understanding with France concerning these "secularizations."
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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This was, in one sense, as the previous step had been, the assertion of the national interest over the special privilege; in another sense it was merely one step more in those numerous secularizations of Church property which the utilitarian and unreligious 18th century had carried out.
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The losses of Austria had been more than counterbalanced in Italy by her acquisition of Venice, and far more than counterbalanced by secularizations and annexations within Germany itself.
History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) Modern England, 1760-1815 John Richard Green 1860
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