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1. (adj.) secular
of or pertaining to worldly things or to things not regarded as sacred; temporal.
2. secular
not relating to or concerned with religion
secular music.
3. secular
concerned with nonreligious subjects:
secular schools.
4. secular
not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows
5. secular
occurring or celebrated once in an age or century.
6. secular
continuing throughout the ages.
7. (n.) secular
a layperson.
8. secular
one of the secular clergy.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME seculer (< OF) < LL saeculāris worldly, temporal (opposed to eternal), L: of an age < L saecul(um) long period of time)
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1. (adj) layman, layperson, secular
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
2. (adj) secular
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
3. (adj) worldly, secular, temporal
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
"worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
4. (adj) profane, secular
not concerned with or devoted to religion
"sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
5. (adj) secular
of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
"the secular clergy"
6. (adj) laic, lay, secular
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"
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1. (adjective) secular
not religious
a secular state
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) secular
coming or observed once in an age or a century
2. (adj) secular
pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe
3. (adj) secular
of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly
4. (adj) secular
not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest
5. (adj) secular
belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical
6. (noun) secular
a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules
7. (noun) secular
a church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir
8. (noun) secular
a layman, as distinguished from a clergyman
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Sense: not spiritual or religious
secular art/music.
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 Afrikaans: sekulêr |
 Arabic: عِلْماني |
 Bulgarian: светски |
 Brazilian: secular |
 Czech: světský |
 German: weltlich |
 Danish: sekulær; verdslig |
 Greek: κοσμικός, μη θρησκευτικός |
 Spanish: secular, seglar |
 Estonian: ilmalik |
 Farsi: غيرمذهبي |
 Finnish: maallinen |
 French: profane |
 Hebrew: חִילוֹנִי |
 Hindi: धर्मनिरपेक्ष |
 Croatian: svjetovni, sekularni |
 Hungarian: világi |
 Indonesian: sekuler |
 Icelandic: veraldlegur |
 Italian: secolare, laico |
 Japanese: 世俗の |
 Korean: 세속적인 |
 Lithuanian: pasaulietiškas |
 Latvian: laicīgs; pasaulīgs |
 Malay: sekular; duniawi |
 Dutch: werelds |
 Norwegian: verdslig, ikke-religiøs |
 Polish: świecki |
 Persian: غيرمذهبي |
 Pashto: دنيايې، غير مذهبي، مادې، |
 Portuguese: secular |
 Romanian: profan |
 Russian: светский |
 Slovak: svetský |
 Slovenian: posveten |
 Serbian: svetovni |
 Swedish: världslig, profan, sekula |
 Thai: ไม่ใช่ทางวิญญาณหรือทางศาส |
 Turkish: dinsel olmayan; lâik |
 Taiwanese: 世俗的 |
 Ukrainian: мирський, світський |
 Urdu: دنیوی امور سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thuộc trần tục |
 Chinese: 世俗的 |
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