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Coming or observed once in an age or a century. |
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Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a
long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as,
secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe. |
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Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not
spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal
interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the
body; worldly. |
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Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not
confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious
community; as, a secular priest. |
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Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical. |
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A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic
rules. |
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A church official whose functions are confined to the
vocal department of the choir. |
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A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. |
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