secular

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Synonyms: specular, sicular

Antonyms: specular, sicular

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Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|outside of religion}} Not specifically [[religious]]; [[lay]] or [[civil]], as opposed to [[clerical]].
2. {{senseid|en|temporal}} [[temporal|Temporal]]; [[worldly]], or otherwise not based on something [[timeless]].
3. {{senseid|en|not of a religious order}} {{lb|en|Christianity}} Not bound by the vows of a [[religious order]].
4. {{senseid|en|centennial}} Happening once in an age or century.
5. {{senseid|en|long-term}} Continuing over a long period of time.
6. {{senseid|en|ancient}} {{lb|en|literary}} Centuries-old, ancient.
7. {{lb|en|astrophysics|geology}} Relating to [[long-term]] [[non-periodic]] [[irregularity|irregularities]], especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
8. {{lb|en|atomic physics}} Unperturbed over time.

Noun

1. A secular [[ecclesiastic]], or one not bound by [[monastic]] [[rule]]s.
2. A [[church]] [[official]] whose [[function]]s are confined to the [[vocal]] [[department]] of the [[choir]].<ref> '''1817''', {{w|Thomas Busby}}, ''A Dictionary of Music, Theoretical and Practical''</ref>
3. A [[layman]], as distinguished from a [[clergyman]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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