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/ˈsɛkjʊlə/
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/ˈsɛkjələɹ/
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ˈsɛkjʊlə
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ˈsɛkjələɹ
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Adjective
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
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Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
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Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
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Near-synonym: nonmonastic
secular clergy in Catholicism
Happening once in an age or century.
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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.
Continuing over a long period of time.
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The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.
on a secular basis
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In this event, the s#92;phi(k) curve in Fig. 15.5 will be subject to a secular upward shift, resulting in successively higher intersections with the #92;lambdak ray and also in larger values of #92;bark.
The skewed distribution of productivity gains is thus less a new phenomenon than a secular trend.
The timing of the secular change in the labor wedge coincides with the changing nature of fluctuations that we saw in the data post-1985.
Growing evidence indicates a secular, age-independent decline in testosterone levels across populations, a trend associated with reduced fertility, metabolic and cardiovascular dysfunction, mood disturbances, and impaired quality of life.
Centuries-old, ancient.
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The long reaches that were like one and the same reach, monotonous bends that were exactly alike, slipped past the steamer with their multitude of secular trees looking patiently after this grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings.
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
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Laplace (1749–1827) "saved the world" by using probability theory to estimate the parameters accurately enough to show that the drift of Jupiter was not secular after all; the observations at hand had covered only a fraction of a cycle of an oscillation with a period of about 880 years.
Unperturbed over time.
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The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ν_α and ν_β are derived from eqn.(21) by ...
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A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
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On further examination, I found the clergy, in general, persons of moderate minds and decorous manners : I include the seculars, and the regulars of both sexes
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Adjective
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
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worldly goods and advancement
temporal possessions of the church
not concerned with or devoted to religion
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sacred and profane music
secular drama
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secular architecture
children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
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the secular clergy
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
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set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
the lay ministry
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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