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secularist, n. (and a.)|ˈsɛkjʊlərɪst|
[f. secular + -ist.]
1. One of the secular clergy; a secular. nonce-use.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 62 Of the Modern Fanaticism of Seditious Priests of all the Religions in Europe, viz... Of Secularists and Regularists [etc.].
2. An adherent of secularism.
1851Reasoner 3 Dec., We use the word Secularist as best indicating that province of human duty which belongs to this life. 1859I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 219 India..whether governed by Christian men or by secularists, shall feel that it must amend its usages. 1876Gladstone Relig. Thought v. in Contemp. Rev. June 22 The Secularist..does not of necessity assert anything but the positive and exclusive claims of the purposes, the enjoyments, and the needs, presented to us in the world of sight and experience.
3. An advocate of exclusively secular education.
1872Q. Rev. Apr. 522 The attempt of the ‘Secularists’ to deprive the poor of religious teaching in the schools.
4. attrib. and appos. (quasi-adj.).
1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere III. vi. xxxviii. 166 The most notorious secularist lecturers held forth. 1890Times 31 Jan. 9/3 This characteristic sample of secularist intolerance. 1904D. P. Hughes Life H. P. Hughes xii. 295 Mr. Jacob Holyoake, the well-known Secularist leader. |