secular
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Definitions ofsecular
- A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
- A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
- A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
- Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
Example: "secular clergy in Catholicism"
- Happening once in an age or century.
Example: "The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next."
- Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
Example: "The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena."
- Centuries-old, ancient.
- Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
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