secular
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkjʊlə/
The English word “secular” has 11 meanings listed here.
adjective
- 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.
- Happening once in an age or century.
- Continuing over a long period of time.
- Centuries-old, ancient.
- Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- Unperturbed over time.
noun
- A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
- A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
- A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Etymology
From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum.
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