secularly

Variant of secular

secular definition

secu·lar (sek′yə lər)

adjective

    1. of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly secular music, secular schools
    2. of or marked by secularism; secularistic
  2. ordained for a diocese
    1. coming or happening only once in an age or century
    2. lasting for an age or ages; continuing for a long time or from age to age

Etymology: ME seculer < OFr < LL(Ec) saecularis, worldly, profane, heathen < L, of an age < saeculum, an age, generation < IE *seitlo- < base *sei-, to scatter, sow

noun

  1. a cleric ordained for a diocese
  2. a person not a cleric; layman

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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