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secularly

Variant of secular

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
  1. 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

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 © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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