单词 | secular |
释义 | Word Frequency secular(ˈsɛkjʊlə) adjective 1. of or relating to worldly as opposed to sacred things; temporal 2. not concerned with or related to religion 3. not within the control of the Church 4. (of an education, etc) a. having no particular religious affinities b. not including compulsory religious studies or services 5. (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order 6. occurring or appearing once in an age or century 7. lasting for a long time 8. astronomy occurring slowly over a long period of time the secular perturbation of a planet's orbit noun 9. a member of the secular clergy 10. another word for layman Derived forms secularly (ˈsecularly) adverb Word origin C13: from Old French seculer, from Late Latin saeculāris temporal, from Latin: concerning an age, from saeculum an age |
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