secular

/หˆsษ›kjษ™lษ™ษน/

IPA: /S EH1 K Y AH0 L ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

adjective
  1. 1

    Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

  2. 2

    Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

  3. 3

    Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

    โ€œsecular clergy in Catholicismโ€

  4. 4

    Happening once in an age or century.

    โ€œThe secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.โ€

  5. 5

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

    โ€œThe long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.โ€

  6. 6

    Centuries-old, ancient.

  7. 7

    Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.

  8. 8

    (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.

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