单词 | secular |
释义 | secular —secularly, adv. /sek"yeuh leuhr/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests. 2. not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred): secular music. 3. (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects. 4. (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows (opposed to regular). 5. occurring or celebrated once in an age or century: the secular games of Rome. 6. going on from age to age; continuing through long ages. n. 7. a layperson. 8. one of the secular clergy. [1250-1300; < ML secularis, LL saecularis worldly, temporal (opposed to eternal), L: of an age, equiv. to L saecul(um) long period of time + -aris -AR1; r. ME seculer < OF < L, as above] |
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