Secular

/ˈsɛkjʊlə/ noun adjective

A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

What it means

  1. (noun) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
  2. (noun) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
  3. (noun) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
  4. (adjective) Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
  5. (adjective) Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
  6. (adjective) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order. “secular clergy in Catholicism”
  7. (adjective) 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.”
  8. (adjective) Continuing over a long period of time, long-term. “The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.”
  9. (adjective) Centuries-old, ancient.
  10. (adjective) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
  11. (adjective) (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.

Letter analysis

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  • It uses 0 unique letters.
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What does Secular mean?

A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

How many letters are in Secular?

Secular has 7 letters.

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