Definitions for secular
ˈsɛk yə lərsec·u·lar

Princeton's WordNet(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. layman, layperson, secular(adj)

   someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

2. secular(adj)

   of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

3. worldly, secular, temporal(adj)

   characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

   "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

4. profane, secular(adj)

   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. secular(adj)

   of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

   "the secular clergy"

6. laic, lay, secular(adj)

   characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

   "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. secular(Adjective)

   Not specifically religious.

2. secular(Adjective)

   Temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless.

3. secular(Adjective)

   Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

   secular clergy in Catholicism

4. secular(Adjective)

   Happening once in an age or century.

   The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.

5. secular(Adjective)

   Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

6. secular(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion.

7. secular(Adjective)

   Unperturbed over time.

Origin: saecularis, from saeculum

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Secular(adj)

   coming or observed once in an age or a century

2. Secular(adj)

   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. Secular(adj)

   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. Secular(adj)

   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. Secular(adj)

   belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical

6. Secular(noun)

   a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules

7. Secular(noun)

   a church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir

8. Secular(noun)

   a layman, as distinguished from a clergyman

Origin: [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. sculier.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Secular

   sek′ū-lar, adj. pertaining to an age or generation: coming or observed only once in a century: permanent: lay or civil, as opposed to clerical: (geol.) gradually becoming appreciable in the course of ages: pertaining to the present world, or to things not spiritual: not bound by monastic rules.—n. a layman: an ecclesiastic, as a parish priest, not bound by monastic rules.—n. Secularisa′tion, the state of being secularised.—v.t. Sec′ularise, to make secular: to convert from spiritual to common use.—ns. Sec′ularism; Sec′ularist, one who, discarding religious belief and worship, applies himself exclusively to the things of this life: one who holds that education should be apart from religion; Secular′ity, state of being secular or worldly: worldliness.—adv. Sec′ularly.—n. Sec′ularness. [L. secularis—seculum, an age, a generation.]

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1. recusal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of secular in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of secular in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of secular in a Sentence

1. George Maris:

   Secular growth stories overwhelm the threat of increased trade frictions every time.

2. Jeffrey Saut:

   I think we are in a secular bull market that has another eight to 10 years ahead of it.

3. England Governor Mark Carney:

   There are profound secular and cyclical disinflationary forces at work in the global economy.

4. Charlie Hebdo editor Gerard Briard:

   We are a secular, democratic and atheist newspaper, the term blasphemy has no meaning for us.

5. Charles Evans:

   We have to take into account that there's been a secular decline in long-term interest rates.

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