Definition of secular

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Secular (n.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules..

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Secular :: Secular (n.) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman..
Secular :: Secular (a.) Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
Temporalty :: Temporalty (n.) A secular possession; a temporality.
Secularist :: Secularist (n.) One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element..
Secularity :: Secularity (n.) Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.
Inspired :: Inspired (a.) Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures..
Temporal :: Temporal (n.) Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal..
Secularization :: Secularization (n.) The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property..
Arm :: Arm (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law..
Secularizing :: Secularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seculariz.
Secular :: Secular (a.) Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly..
Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee..
Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..
Holyday :: Holyday (n.) A secular festival; a holiday.
Secularism :: Secularism (n.) The tenets or principles of the secularists.
Secular :: Secular (a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
Secularness :: Secularness (n.) The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness.
Secular :: Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk..
Secular :: Secular (a.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest..
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