Secular - English meaning

Secular – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
Usage examples:
Secular buildings
Synonims:
Non-religiousLayNon-churchTemporalWorldlyEarthlyProfaneUnsanctifiedUnconsecratedUnhallowedLaic
adjective
(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
Usage examples:
The rate of recruitment is probably better than that of the secular clergy, but this may be because…
adjective
Of or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
adjective
(of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period.
Usage examples:
There is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular
adjective
Occurring once every century or similarly long period (used especially in reference to celebratory games in ancient rome).

noun
A secular priest.
Usage examples:
Most priests were seculars, living in the world and working amongst ordinary people.

adjective
Not having any connection with religion
Usage examples:
Secular society/music/education

Secular translation into English

Secular: translate from English into Chinese

世俗, 俗人, 牧师

Secular: translate from English into Dutch

Seculier, Seculair, Wereldlijk, Eeuwenoud, Leek, Wereldgeestelijke, Honderdjarig, Eeuwigdurend, Onvergankelijk, Seculair priester, Eens in een eeuw plaatshebbend

Secular: translate from English into French

Séculier, Laïque

Secular: translate from English into German

Weltlich, Säkular, Profan

Secular: translate from English into Hindi

धर्मनिरपेक्ष, लौकिक, दुनियावी, ऐहिक, अनंत, धर्म से ताल्लुक़ न रखनेवाला, धर्म से संबंध न रखनेवाला, सौ वर्ष में एक बार होनेवाला, संसारी, गृहस्थी, सौ बरस मे एक बार आनेवाला

Secular: translate from English into Italian

Secolare, Laico, Profano

Secular: translate from English into Korean

속가, 수도회에 속하지 않는 성직자, 속인의, 비종교적인, 몇 천 년이고 계속되는, 한 대 한번의, 한 세기 한번의

Secular: translate from English into Russian

Светский, Мирской, Вековой, Мирянин, Вечный, Живущий в миру, Происходящий раз в сто лет

Secular: translate from English into Spanish

Secular, Laico, Seglar, Profano, Mundano, Duradero

Word origin

Middle English: secular (sense 1 of the adjective, sense 2 of the adjective) from Old French seculer, from Latin saecularis, from saeculum ‘generation, age’, used in Christian Latin to mean ‘

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Secular synonims

earthly

ˈɜːθ.li

adjective
Relating to the earth or human life.
Usage examples:
Water is liquid at normal earthly temperatures

adjective
Happening in or relating to this world and this physical life, not in heaven or relating to a spiritual life
Usage examples:
His earthly existence, earthly powers

adjective
Used in questions or negatives to mean possible
Usage examples:
Earthly reason what earthly reason can she have for being so horrible to you?

Earthly - all meanings in English

laic

adjective
Of the laity; secular.
Usage examples:
From 1850 until the national legislation proposed by jules ferry in 1880 forbade tuition in all pub…

noun
A person who is not a member of the clergy; a layperson.
Usage examples:
As a married laic whose past is now being exposed in the media, his lawyer suggests psychiatric cou…

Laic - all meanings in English

lay

verb
Put (something) down gently or carefully.
Usage examples:
She laid the baby in his cot

noun
Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.
Usage examples:
She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective
Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.
Usage examples:
A lay preacher

Lay - all meanings in English

non-church

adjective
Not happening in, belonging to, or relating to a church
Usage examples:
There is a growing demand for non-church weddings., she comes from a nonchurch family.

Non-church - all meanings in English

non-religious

adjective
Not relating to or involving religion
Usage examples:
I prefer to send non-religious cards at christmas., they decided to have a non-religious marriage c…

Non-religious - all meanings in English

profane

adjective
Not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular.
Usage examples:
A talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane

verb
Treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect.
Usage examples:
It was a serious matter to profane a tomb

adjective
(esp. of words) offensive because of not respecting religion, or offensive because of being rude
Usage examples:
Profane language, his letter is too profane to print, but it is very funny, too.

Profane - all meanings in English

temporal

adjective
Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.
Usage examples:
The church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain

adjective
Of or situated in the temples of the head.
Usage examples:
Arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis

adjective
Relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than spiritual ones
Usage examples:
The tyranny of the monarchy lies in its spiritual rather than its temporal power: it tyrannizes the…

Temporal - all meanings in English

unconsecrated

adjective
Not consecrated.
Usage examples:
He was buried in unconsecrated ground

Unconsecrated - all meanings in English

unhallowed

adjective
Not formally consecrated.
Usage examples:
Unhallowed ground

Unhallowed - all meanings in English

unsanctified

adjective
Not sanctified.
Usage examples:
The body was unsanctified

Unsanctified - all meanings in English

worldly

adjective
(of a person) experienced and sophisticated.
Usage examples:
She was much more worldly than nora and dismissed the slur

adjective
Having to do with physical things and ordinary life
Usage examples:
Worldly success, she lost all her worldly possessions in the fire., he’s older and more worldly tha…

Worldly - all meanings in English

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