Secularization: alternatives and connections

A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be l…

A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.

To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures…

The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.

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…

Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or…

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.