| At least in Ireland, the Monastic system became increasingly secularised from the 8th century, as close ties between ruling families and monasteries became apparent. |
| In many respects, the act was almost identical to the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, which gives some idea as to how secularised the law regarding Hindus had become. |
| To some in our secularised society, this will be little more than a fairy tale. |
| The period is characterised by the rise to importance of science and increasingly rapid technological progress, secularised civic politics and the nation state. |
| A few months after the ratification of the concordat Talleyrand was secularised by the Pope. |
| Perhaps we shall begin to think again about our secularised, scientistic, self-actualising world view. |
