sec|u|lar

sec|u|lar
sec|u|lar «SEHK yuh luhr», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. connected with the world and its affairs; of things not religious or sacred; worldly: »

secular music, a secular education. Bishops now were great secular magistrates, and…were involved in secular occupations (Cardinal Newman).

2. living in the world; not belonging to a religious order: »

a secular clergy, a secular priest.

3. occurring once in an age or century: »

When Augustus celebrated the secular year, which was kept but once in a century... (Joseph Addison).

4. lasting through long ages; going on from age to age: »

the secular cooling or refrigeration of the globe.

–n.
1. a secular priest; clergyman living among the laity and not in a monastery: »

While the Danish wars had been fatal to the monks—the “regular clergy” as they were called—they had also dealt heavy blows at the seculars, or parish priests (J. R. Green).

2. = layman. (Cf. ↑layman)
╂[< Latin saeculāris < saeculum age, span of time; later, the present age or world, the world]

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  • sec´u|lar|iz´er — sec|u|lar|ize «SEHK yuh luh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to make secular or worldly; separate from religious connection or influence: »to secularize Sunday, to secularize the schools. 2. to transfer (property) from the possession of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|i|ty — «SEHK yuh LAR uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. secular spirit or quality; worldliness. 2. a secular matter …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|ly — «SEHK yuh luhr lee», adverb. in a secular or worldly manner …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|ize — «SEHK yuh luh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to make secular or worldly; separate from religious connection or influence: »to secularize Sunday, to secularize the schools. 2. to transfer (property) from the possession of the church to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|ise — «SEHK yuh luh ryz», transitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. secularize …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|ism — «SEHK yuh luh RIHZ uhm», noun. 1. skepticism in regard to religion; the ignoring or exclusion of religious duties, instruction, or considerations: »Caught between secularism and militant Hindu fanaticism, the missionaries themselves are gloomy… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|is|tic — «SEHK yuh luh RIHS tihk», adjective. of or characterized by secularism …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|ist — «SEHK yuh luhr ihst», noun, adjective. –n. a believer in secularism. –adj. = secularistic. (Cf. ↑secularistic) …   Useful english dictionary

  • sec|u|lar|i|za|tion — «SEHK yuh luhr uh ZAY shuhn», noun. the act or process of secularizing or state of being secularized …   Useful english dictionary

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