SECULAR

secular. secular, worldly, of the world

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secular. Secular, a. worldly, laical, not bound by vows

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Sec″u‐lar (?), a. [[OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. séculier.]] 1. 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
The secular year was kept but once a century. Addison. 2. 2. Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.
3. 3. Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.
New foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Milton. 4. 4. (Eccl.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.
He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy. Prescott. 5. 5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
I speak of folk in secular estate. Chaucer. Secular equation (Astron.), the algebraic or numerical expression of the magnitude of the inequalities in a planet's motion that remain after the inequalities of a short period have been allowed for. — Secular games (Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like. — Secular music, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. — Secular hymn or poem, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games.