Definition of secular

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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..

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Secular :: Secular (a.) Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To make worldly or unspiritual.
Arm :: Arm (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law..
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..
Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk..
Secularism :: Secularism (n.) The tenets or principles of the secularists.
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..
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..
Superseded :: Supersecular (a.) Being above the world, or secular things..
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..
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..
Secularizing :: Secularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seculariz.
Holyday :: Holyday (n.) A secular festival; a holiday.
Secularity :: Secularity (n.) Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.
Secular :: Secular (n.) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman..
Confalon :: Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents..
Temporalty :: Temporalty (n.) The laity; secular people.
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..
Secularism :: Secularism (n.) The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history..
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