“Secularized” or “Secularised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “secularized” and 2 prefer “secularised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	secularized	secularised	Preference
United States	100	0	“secularized”
United Kingdom	0	100	“secularised”
India	64	36	“secularized”
Philippines	100	0	“secularized”
Canada	100	0	“secularized”
Australia	0	100	“secularised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“secularized”

When the missions were secularized in 1834–1836 mission property and…
When the mission was secularized in 1834, the bell was…
…former Electoral Mainz Amt was secularized at Prince Primate von Dalberg’s…
…second book, poetic meditations gradually secularized, replacing the old allegoric technique…
…often sacked and church property secularized.
In 1251, Bishop Bartholomaeus secularized the Chapter, and in 1253…
…Castile, the collegiate church was secularized and abandoned the rule of…
…Kraków, the Order was abruptly secularized and turned de facto into…
…supplanted Judaism in an increasingly secularized world, and as an element…
…the prince-archbishopric's territory as a secularized duchy.

“secularised”

…power and all three were secularised in 1648.
…von Habermann until it was secularised in the year 1803 for…
In 1545 Wacław III Adam secularised belongings of the abbey, which…
…founded in the 10th century, secularised in 1803.
…November 1802, however, it was secularised and dissolved and became a…
…monastery in Norway to be secularised.
…East-Frisian monasteries and abbeys were secularised.
…German Mediatisation the city finally secularised and appropriated the remaining Catholic…
…violent resistance the abbey was secularised and in 1572 converted into…
In 1549, the abbey was secularised and the monts became a…

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