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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sec•u•lar /ˈsɛkyəlɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - not relating to or concerned with religion:secular music.
sec•u•lar•ism, n. [uncountable] sec•u•lar•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sec•u•lar (sek′yə lər),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred;
temporal:secular interests. - not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred):secular music.
- Education(of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
- Religion(of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order;
not bound by monastic vows (opposed to regular). - occurring or celebrated once in an age or century:the secular games of Rome.
- going on from age to age;
continuing through long ages.
n. - a layperson.
- Religionone of the secular clergy.
- Latin, as above
- Old French
- Medieval Latin sēculāris, Late Latin saeculāris worldly, temporal (opposed to eternal), Latin: of an age, equivalent. to Latin saecul(um) long period of time + -āris -ar1; replacing Middle English seculer
- 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: secular /ˈsɛkjʊlə/ adj - of or relating to worldly as opposed to sacred things; temporal
- not concerned with or related to religion
- not within the control of the Church
- (of an education, etc) having no particular religious affinities
- (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order
- occurring or appearing once in an age or century
- lasting for a long time
- occurring slowly over a long period of time
n - a member of the secular clergy
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French seculer, from Late Latin saeculāris temporal, from Latin: concerning an age, from saeculum an ageˈsecularly adv |