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Definition secular

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French seculer, from Latin saecularis (“of the age”), from saeculum.

Adjective

secular (comparative more secular, superlative most secular)

1. Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
2. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
3. (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
4. Happening once in an age or century.
5. Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
6. (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
7. (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
8. (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.

Noun

secular (plural seculars)

1. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

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