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secular(secu|lar)
1 not connected with religious or spiritual matters:
secular buildings
secular attitudes to death
... Contrasted with sacred
2 Christian Church(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order. Contrasted with regular
3 Astronomyof or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
4 Economics(of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period:
there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular
5 occurring once every century or similarly long period (used especially in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome). noun
a secular priest. Derivatives
secularism noun, secularist noun, secularity, Pronunciation:/-ˈlarɪti/noun
secularization, Pronunciation:/-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun secularize verb, secularly adverb
secular(secu|lar)
1 not connected with religious or spiritual matters:
secular buildings
secular attitudes to death
... Contrasted with sacred
2 Christian Church(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order. Contrasted with regular
3 Astronomyof or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
4 Economics(of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period:
there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular
5 occurring once every century or similarly long period (used especially in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome). noun
a secular priest. Derivatives
secularism noun, secularist noun, secularity, Pronunciation:/-ˈlarɪti/noun
secularization, Pronunciation:/-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun secularize verb, secularly adverb
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