secular

== English == === Alternative forms === sæcular (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkjʊlə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkjələɹ/ === Adjective === secular (comparative more secular, superlative most secular) Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical. Synonyms: areligious, temporal, worldly; see also Thesaurus:secular Antonyms: nonsecular, religious, sacred (used especially of music) Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless. Synonym: chronological Antonym: nonsecular (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a religious order. Antonyms: monastic, nonsecular, regular (Catholicism) Coordinate term: religious (technical sense within the church) Near-synonym: nonmonastic Happening once in an age or century. Antonym: nonsecular Coordinate term: epochal Near-synonyms: centurial, centennial Continuing over a long period of time. Synonyms: long-term, nonsecular Antonyms: short-term, cyclical (literary) Centuries-old, ancient. Synonyms: plurisecular, multisecular, nonsecular (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field. Antonym: nonsecular (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time. Antonym: nonsecular 2000, S. A. Dikanov, Two-dimensional ESEEM Spectroscopy, in New Advances in Analytical Chemistry (Atta-ur-Rahman, ed.), page 539 The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies να and νβ are derived from eqn.(21) by ... ==== Antonyms ==== eternal, everlasting frequent unpredictable non-recurring ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === material mundane practical quotidian rational === Noun === secular (plural seculars) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. ==== Translations ==== === References === “secular”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. secular in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “secular”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Webster's English Dictionary === Anagrams === Clauser, cesural, recusal == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin saeculāris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [sə.kuˈlar] IPA(key): (Balearic) [sə.kuˈla] IPA(key): (Valencia) [se.kuˈlaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [se.kuˈlar] === Adjective === secular m or f (masculine and feminine plural seculars) secular ==== Derived terms ==== secularitzar secularment === Further reading === “secular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “secular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “secular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “secular”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin saeculāris. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: se‧cu‧lar === Adjective === secular m or f (plural seculares) secular ==== Derived terms ==== secularizar secularmente === Further reading === “secular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “secular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French séculaire, from Latin saecularis. === Adjective === secular m or n (feminine singular seculară, masculine plural seculari, feminine/neuter plural seculare) secular ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin saeculāris. Doublet of seglar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sekuˈlaɾ/ [se.kuˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: se‧cu‧lar === Adjective === secular m or f (masculine and feminine plural seculares) secular Synonym: laico ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “secular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025