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单词 in seculo
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in seculoadv.

Brit. /ɪn ˈsɛkjᵿləʊ/, U.S. /ɪn ˈsɛk(j)əˌloʊ/
Forms: 1600s in saeculo, 1600s– in seculo.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in saeculo.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin in saeculo (4th cent. in this sense) < classical Latin in in prep. + saeculō , ablative of saeculum generation, age (see secular adj.).
Now historical.
In the world; in the temporal or secular world.
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1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 7) 158 A man may be, not Dives in seculo, yet dives in Domino. So he is that layeth up treasure for himselfe, and is not rich towards God.
1698 J. Newte Let. to Friend 27 The Primitive Christians, who lived in Seculo. i. e. were imployed in secular affairs, had Psalmody as their constant attendant.
1792 R. Burn & J. Burn New Law Dict. I. 136 Canons..were divided into two sorts, secular and regular. The secular were so called, because they conversed in seculo, abroad in the world, and performed spiritual offices to the laity.
1851 W. Johnston Eng. as it Is II. xxiv. 78 The parochial clergy, who performed their ministry in the world, in seculo, and who from thence were called secular clergy.
1932 Notes & Queries 9 Jan. 24/1 The position of a tenant whose co-parcener has entered a religious house but has not yet professed, i.e., is yet in seculo, is alone considered.
1995 J. L. Singman & W. McLean Daily Life in Chaucer's Eng. ii. 10 The ‘secular’ clergy, such as the parish priest, lived in seculo, ‘in the world’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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