secular
IPA: sˈɛkjʌɫɝ
noun
- 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.
- A surname.
adjective
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
- (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
- Happening once in an age or century.
- Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
- (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
- (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
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