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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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

Secularism :: Secularism (n.) The tenets or principles of the secularists.

Regular :: Regular (a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy..

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

Secularity :: Secularity (n.) Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.

Functionary :: Functionary (n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries..

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

Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property..

Superseded :: Supersecular (a.) Being above the world, or secular things..

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

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..

Secularizing :: Secularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seculariz.

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

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

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..

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..

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