Secular



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 世俗的, 尘世的
• ［英］ adj. 世俗的, 尘世的 ( of the worldly or temporal)
• ［例］ secular affairs ( 世事) / secular drama ( 世俗戏剧)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French seculer, from Late Latin saecularis, from saeculum the present world, from Latin, generation, age, century, world; akin to Welsh hoedl lifetime
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. of or relating to the worldly or temporal <secular concerns>
  • b. not overtly or specifically religious <secular music>
  • c. not ecclesiastical or clerical <secular courts><secular landowners>
• 2. not bound by monastic vows or rules; specifically of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a religious order or congregation <a secular priest>
• 3.
  • a. occurring once in an age or a century
  • b. existing or continuing through ages or centuries
  • c. of or relating to a long term of indefinite duration <secular inflation>
• ? secularity noun
• ? secularly adverb

II. noun (plural seculars or secular)

• Date: 14th century
• 1. a secular ecclesiastic (as a diocesan priest)
• 2. layman

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