Secularization: alternatives and connections

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the mem…

An inclosed place.

The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

The act of deraigning.

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.

Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if render…

Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or h…

property; possession; tenure.

To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without…

A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches,…

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formular…

Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.

One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.