Sekirov Dictionary

secular

UK /ˈsɛkjʊlə/US /ˈsɛkjələɹ/

adjective 8
noun 3
forms 3

adjective8

Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
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Continuing over a long period of time.
- The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
(literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
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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.
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Unperturbed over time.
- The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ν_α and ν_β are derived from eqn.(21) by ... — 2000

noun3

A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
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A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
- On further examination, I found the clergy, in general, persons of moderate minds and decorous manners : I include the seculars, and the regulars of both sexes — 1790
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

forms

seculars · more secular · most secular

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