Definition of secular

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Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

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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..
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..
Temporalty :: Temporalty (n.) A secular possession; a temporality.
Temporal :: Temporal (n.) Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal..
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..
Secularness :: Secularness (n.) The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness.
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..
Confalon :: Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents..
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..
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..
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..
Secularly :: Secularly (adv.) In a secular or worldly manner.
Secularizing :: Secularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seculariz.
Temporally :: Temporally (adv.) In a temporal manner; secularly.
Functionary :: Functionary (n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries..
Secular :: Secular (n.) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman..
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..
Regular :: Regular (a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy..
Unsecularize :: Unsecularize (v. t.) To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
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