| 单词 | secular |
| 释义 | secular (once / 674 pages) nadj Secular things are not religious. Anything not affiliated with a church or faith can be called secular. Non-religious people can be called atheists or agnostics, but to describe things, activities, or attitudes that have nothing to do with religion, you can use the word secular. Public schools are secular, but Catholic schools are not. Grocery stores are secular; a synagogue is not. If there's no religion involved, then you're in "the secular world" — as people sometimes call everything that exists outside of religion. WORD FAMILYsecular: secularise, secularism, secularize, secularly, seculars+/secularise: secularisation, secularised, secularising/secularism: secularist/secularist: secularists/secularization: secularizations/secularize: secularization, secularized, secularizes, secularizing USAGE EXAMPLESAs a former secular Jew who converted to Christianity, I understand the temptation of such skepticism. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) “Did God show up? In watching the news after the election, the secular media keep asking ‘How did this happen?’ Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) When you’re working in a more secular space, do you think the message should be delivered differently cause you’re not hitting just believers? New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper layman, layperson clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church lay reader a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church common man, common person, commoner a person who holds no title 2adj characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world Syn|Ant temporal, worldly earthly of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven profanenot concerned with or devoted to religion sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire economicconcerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money) materialconcerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests materialistic, mercenary, worldly-mindedmarked by materialism mundane, terrestrialconcerned with the world or worldly matters unworldly not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations pioushaving or showing or expressing reverence for a deity naif, naivemarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermiticalcharacterized by ascetic solitude cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monasticalof communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows spiritual, unearthlyconcerned with or affecting the spirit or soul unmercenarynot mercenary; not influenced by financial gains 3adj not concerned with or devoted to religion secular drama Syn|Ant profane earthly of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven impiouslacking piety or reverence for a god laic, laycharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergy profanatoryprofaning or tending to desecrate temporal, worldlycharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world sacred concerned with religion or religious purposes consecrate, consecrated, dedicatedsolemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose heavenlyof or belonging to heaven or god pioushaving or showing or expressing reverence for a deity divinedevoted to or in the service or worship of a deity ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterabletoo sacred to be uttered inspirationalimparting a divine influence on the mind and soul inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanctmust be kept sacred numinousevincing the presence of a deity quasi-religiousresembling something that is religious religious, spiritualconcerned with sacred matters or religion or the church reverend, sublimeworthy of adoration or reverence sacralof or relating to sacred rites taboo, tabuforbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands 4adj of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations 5adj of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows the secular clergy Ant religious of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows 6adj characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy Syn laic, lay profane not concerned with or devoted to religion |
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