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   secular

   /ˈsɛkjʊlə/

   adjective

   • 1. not connected with religious or spiritual matters: "secular buildings"
   • 2. (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
   • 3. of or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
   • 4. (of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period: "there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular"
   • 5. occurring once every century or similarly long period (used especially in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome).

   noun

   • 1. a secular priest.

   Word Origin Middle English: secular (sense 1 of the adjective, sense 2 of the adjective) from Old French seculer, from Latin saecularis, from saeculum ‘generation, age’, used in Christian Latin to mean ‘the world’ (as opposed to the Church); secular (sense 3 of the adjective, sense 4 of the adjective, sense 5 of the adjective) (early 19th century) from Latin saecularis ‘relating to an age or period’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. secularity noun
   • 2. secularly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSECULAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SECULAR definition: 1. not having any connection with religion: 2. not having any connection with religion: 3. not….

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySECULAR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of secular – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SECULAR definition: not religious or not controlled by a religious group: . Learn more.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySECULAR | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   SECULAR meaning: not religious or not controlled by a religious group: . Learn more.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSECULARISM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SECULARISM definition: 1. the belief that religion should not be involved with the ordinary social and political….

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSECULARLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SECULARLY definition: 1. in a way that does not have any connection with religion: 2. in a way that does not have any….

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-chinese-traditionalSECULAR in Traditional Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SECULAR translate: 世俗的；非宗教的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › secularSECULAR - 18 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSECULARIST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    SECULARIST definition: 1. someone who believes that religion should not be involved with the ordinary social and political….

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySECULARISM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    SECULARISM meaning: 1. the belief that religion should not be involved with the ordinary social and political….