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Definition of Secular

Secular
Secular Sec"u*lar, n. 1. (Eccl.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. --Burke. 2. (Eccl.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. --Busby. 3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

Meaning of Secular from wikipedia

- Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin saeculum, "worldly" or "of a generation"), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards...
- Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system or life stance that embraces human reason, logic, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism, while...
- A secular state is an idea pertaining to secularity, whereby a state is or purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither...
- Secular Jew may refer to: A general epithet for Jews who parti****te in modern secular society and are not stringently religious Nonreligious Jews, including...
- and in the most schematic, may encapsulate any stance that promotes the secular in any given context. It may connote anti-clericalism, atheism, naturalism...
- A secular religion is a communal belief system that often rejects or neglects the metaphysical aspects of the supernatural, commonly ****ociated with traditional...
- Christianity, the term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or otherwise members of religious life. Secular priests (sometimes...
- Non-religious secular music and sacred music were the two main genres of Western music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance era.[citation needed] The...
- Secular ethics is a branch of moral philosophy in which ethics is based solely on human faculties such as logic, empathy, reason or moral intuition, and...
- Secular Progressive Alliance also known as Secular Democratic Front is an alliance of Indian political parties formed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...