Meaning

8 senses
  1. Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

    säkular, weltlich

    све́тскийsvétskij, мирско́йmirskój, секуля́рныйsekuljárnyj

    сві́тськийsvítsʹkyj, мирськи́йmyrsʹkýj

  2. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

  3. Not bound by the vows of a religious order.

    Near-synonym: nonmonastic

    secular clergy in Catholicism

    of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

  4. Happening once in an age or century.

    Near-synonyms: centurial, centennial

    The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.

  5. Continuing over a long period of time.

    The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.

    on a secular basis

  6. (literary)Centuries-old, ancient.

  7. Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.

  8. Unperturbed over time.

Examples

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  1. Halloween is a secular holiday.

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  2. Christmas is not a secular holiday.

    Різдво — не світське свято.

    ruРождество не светский праздник.

    deWeihnachten ist kein weltlicher Feiertag.

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  3. Christmas isn't a secular holiday.

    Різдво — не світське свято.

    ruРождество не светский праздник.

    deWeihnachten ist kein weltlicher Feiertag.

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  4. Algeria needs to be kept secular.

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  5. Algeria should be a secular country.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
not specifically religious:
Deutsch
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not specifically religious:

Origin

From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”)

From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum.

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