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secular

[sek-yuh-ler]

adjective

  1. of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal.

    secular interests.

  2. not pertaining to or connected with religion (sacred ).

    secular music.

  3. (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.

  4. (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows (regular ).

  5. occurring or celebrated once in an age or century.

    the secular games of Rome.

  6. going on from age to age; continuing through long ages.



noun

  1. a layperson.

  2. one of the secular clergy.

secular

/ ˈɛʊə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to worldly as opposed to sacred things; temporal

  2. not concerned with or related to religion

  3. not within the control of the Church

    1. having no particular religious affinities

    2. not including compulsory religious studies or services

  4. (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order

  5. occurring or appearing once in an age or century

  6. lasting for a long time

  7. astronomy occurring slowly over a long period of time

    the secular perturbation of a planet's orbit

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a member of the secular clergy

  2. another word for layman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

secular

  1. Not concerned with religion or religious matters. Secular is the opposite of sacred.

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Secularization refers to the declining influence of religion and religious values within a given culture. Secular humanism means, loosely, a belief in human self-sufficiency.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • secularly adverb
  • nonsecular adjective
  • presecular adjective
  • supersecular adjective
  • supersecularly adverb
  • unsecular adjective
  • unsecularly adverb
  • ˈ𳦳ܱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of secular1

First recorded in 1250–1300; from Medieval Latin ŧܱ, Late Latin 𳦳ܱ “worldly, temporal (opposed to eternal),” Latin: “of an age,” equivalent to Latin saecul(um) “long period, age” + - -ar 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of secular1

C13: from Old French seculer, from Late Latin 𳦳ܱ temporal, from Latin: concerning an age, from saeculum an age
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There are other political forces as well, from those who want to establish a secular democracy to those who seek a parliamentary monarchy and so on.

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And according to the respected US polling agency, Pew Research Center, the idea of expelling Gazans from their land has the support of a huge majority of Israelis – even secular ones.

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This matters because Peterson is up there with Musk for representing the more secular, nerdy wing of MAGA, which also happens to be comprised of some of the most fairweather Trump supporters.

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"Nobody, not even locals can visit. It's not to be used for secular activity or to visit or for anything. It is purely maintained for the appropriate time," Mr Brook said.

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Growing up in rural Canada, Aimee was a dynamic teen drawn to a secular world until she saw Robert Semple, an Irish Pentecostal preacher.

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