secular
/หsษkjษlษษน/IPA: /S EH1 K Y AH0 L ER0/
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A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
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A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
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A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
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Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
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Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
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Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
โsecular clergy in Catholicismโ
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Happening once in an age or century.
โThe secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.โ
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Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
โThe long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.โ
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Centuries-old, ancient.
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Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
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(atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
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