| 单词 | secular |
| 释义 | secular adj. & n. --adj 1. concerned with the affairs of this world; not spiritual or sacred. 2. (of education etc.) not concerned with religion or religious belief. 3. a not ecclesiastical or monastic. b (of clergy) not bound by a religious rule. 4. occurring once in an age or century. 5. lasting for or occurring over an indefinitely long time. --n a secular priest. Phrases and idioms secular variation Astron. variation compensated over a long period of time. Derivatives secularism n. secularist n. secularity n. secularize v.tr. (also -ise). secularization n. secularly adv. Etymology: ME (in senses 1-3 f. OF seculer) f. L saecularis f. saeculum generation, age |
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