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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..

Ecclesiastical :: Ecclesiastical (a.) Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts..

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

Profane :: Profane (a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place..

Secularly :: Secularly (adv.) In a secular or worldly manner.

Arm :: Arm (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law..

Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men..

Unsecularize :: Unsecularize (v. t.) To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.

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..

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..

Temporally :: Temporally (adv.) In a temporal manner; secularly.

Secular :: Secular (a.) Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe..

Minister :: Minister (v. i.) To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular..

Secular :: Secular (a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.

Temporal :: Temporal (n.) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..

Physiography :: Physiography (n.) The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography..

Secular :: Secular (a.) Coming or observed once in an age or a century.

Secular :: Secular (n.) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman..

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..

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