Meaning of the word secular in English

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secular

US /ˈsek.jə.lɚ/

UK /ˈsek.jə.lɚ/

denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis

Example:

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The school provides a secular education, not religious instruction.

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He argued for a completely secular government.

Synonym:

nonreligious lay temporal worldly

Synonym:

religious sacred spiritual

(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order

Example:

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He chose to live as a secular priest, serving the community directly.

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Many secular clergy work in parishes rather than monasteries.

Synonym:

diocesan parochial

Synonym:

monastic regular

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