secular
//ˈsɛkjʊlə//
Forms
- Comparative
- more secular
- Superlative
- most secular
- Plural
- seculars
Definitions
1.Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
2.Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
3.Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
4.Happening once in an age or century.
- The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.
1.A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
2.A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
3.A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4729
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English seculer
From Old French seculer
From Latin saeculāris (“of the age”)
From saeculum.