secular
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sec·u·lar /ˈsekjələ $ -ər/ ●○○ adjective 1 RRELIGIONnot connected with or controlled by a church or other religious authority 世俗的，非宗教的；不受教会管辖的 secular education 世俗教育 our modern secular society 我们的现代世俗社会► see thesaurus at religious2. RRCa secular priest lives among ordinary people, rather than with other priests in a monastery 〔教士〕在俗的，不住在修道院内的
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secular• The government is secular.• Knowledge is no longer sacred but secular.• Harris did all the preliminary research and visited the secular buildings, Pevsner confined himself to churches and medieval domestic buildings.• Without doubt, the latter development represents a secular change in the strategic environment of profound importance.• secular music• The solution might well be an ecumenical link, or a secular organisation where we could bring a spiritual dimension.• Twenty-six women from the church and secular press, radio and television agencies participated.• And, he might have added, a special kind of secular salvation.• Yet the irreligious Jinnah wanted two religious states, while the religious Gandhi would countenance only a united secular state.• The priesthood of central computing has already given way to a secular world of laypeople playing with multiplying microprocessors.Origin secular (1300-1400) Old French seculer, from Latin saecularis “coming once in an age”, from saeculum “breed, generation”sec·u·lar adjectiveChineseSyllable
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secular
sec‧u‧lar /ˈsekjələ, ˈsekjʊlə $ -ər/
adjective
secular education
our modern secular society
2. a secular priest lives among ordinary people, rather than with other priests in a monastery
■ relating to religion
▪religious relating to religion: the country's religious leaders | the importance of religious freedom
▪spiritual relating to matters of the human spirit, rather than the physical world: The Dalai Lamai is the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet. | We tend to ignore people's spriritual needs, and focus too much on material things. | spiritual values
▪holy [usually before noun] connected with God and religion, and therefore treated in a special way – used especially in the following phrases: the Holy Bible | the holy city of Mecca | a Hindu holy man | They believe they are fighting a holy war. | The priest puts some holy water on the child's head.
▪sacred connected with God and religion, and therefore treated in a special way – used especially in the following phrases: This place is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. | In India, cows are considered sacred. | the Hindu sacred texts | sacred music | a sacred ritual
▪theological relating to the study of religion or to religious beliefs: a theological debate | theological training
▪secular not relating to religion or controlled by a religious authority: secular education | secular matters | In the UK we live in a much more secular society.
sec‧u‧lar /ˈsekjələ, ˈsekjʊlə $ -ər/
adjective Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: seculer, from Latin saecularis 'coming once in an age', from saeculum 'breed, generation'
1. not connected with or controlled by a church or other religious authority:Language: Old French
Origin: seculer, from Latin saecularis 'coming once in an age', from saeculum 'breed, generation'
2. a secular priest lives among ordinary people, rather than with other priests in a monastery
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