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单词 secular
释义
Secular
nnoun.personsomeone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
Synset:layman layperson
Antonyms:clergyman
Member Holonyms:laity temporalty
Hypernyms:common man common person commoner
Inherited Hypernyms:laymancommonerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:laymancommonerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:lay reader
Full Hyponyms:
lay reader
adjadj.pertof or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
Pertainyms:secularism
Inherited Hypernyms:secular
adjadj.allcharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Synset:temporal worldly
Examples:
  • worldly goods and advancement
  • temporal possessions of the church
Antonyms:unworldly
Derivationally Related Form:worldlinessworld
Inherited Hypernyms:worldly
Similar to:economic material materialistic mercenary worldly-minded mundane terrestrial
See also:earthly profane secular sophisticated
adjadj.allnot concerned with or devoted to religion
Synset:profane
Examples:
  • sacred and profane music
  • secular drama
  • secular architecture
  • children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Antonyms:sacred
Derivationally Related Form:profaneness
Inherited Hypernyms:profane
Similar to:laic lay secular profanatory
See also:earthly impious secular temporal worldly
adjadj.allof or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
Examples:
  • the secular clergy
Antonyms:religious
Inherited Hypernyms:secular
adj satadj.allcharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Synset:laic lay
Examples:
  • set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
  • the lay ministry
Antonyms:sacred
Derivationally Related Form:laity
Inherited Hypernyms:laic
Similar to:profane secular
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