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secular
sec·u·lar
[
sékyələr
]
adjective
Definition:
1.
not concerned with religion:
not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters
secular education
2.
not religious:
not religious or spiritual in nature
secular music
3.
not monastic:
not belonging to a monastic order
secular clergy
4.
occurring once in century:
occurring only once in the course of an age or century
a secular change
5.
astronomy
geology
occurring over long period:
taking place over an extremely or indefinitely long period of time
noun
(
plural
sec·u·lars
)
Definition:
1.
member of secular clergy:
a member of the secular clergy
2.
lay person:
a member of the laity
[
14th century. Via French< Latin
saecularis
<
saeculum
"world, generation"
]
sec·u·lar·i·ty
[
sèkyə lárrətee
]
noun
sec·u·lar·ly
adverb
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sec·u·lar·i·ty [ sèkyə lárrətee ] nounsec·u·lar·ly adverb
