secular
sekular
definition
noun
Most priests were seculars , living in the world and working amongst ordinary people.
a secular priest.
adjective
secular buildings
denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
The rate of recruitment is probably better than that of the secular clergy, but this may be because a large percentage of the monks do not go on to priesthood.
(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
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Over time, however, the values of psychotherapy have made inroads into religious as well as 'secular' culture.
He argues for more state funding of religious institutions within an increasingly 'secular' society.
With all this talk of Christianity, it is easy to imagine government becoming less 'secular' .
But if one focuses on the company's positive 'secular' trends, the picture is different.
Meanwhile, the attitudes of the younger generation are largely 'secular' and wised up.
What sort of meaning does marriage have in our modern 'secular' society?
Most of the hoopla connected with the year 2000 was predominantly 'secular' in origin and character.
The 'secular' clergy from nearby parishes recruited maidens from needy or troubled homes.
But the weakness in the U.S. manufacturing sector does not reflect a simple 'secular' trend.
But it did guarantee that in time American politics would largely become a 'secular' matter.
No law says that advertisements have to be purely 'secular' - except the law of supply and demand.
Since that time, Bangladesh has been both less socialistic and less 'secular' .
Overall the role of regulars was diminished and that of 'secular' clergy and even laymen enhanced.
Seven years earlier, France had erected a government that was intended to be purely 'secular' .
I agree that education should be essentially 'secular' .
So why in this 'secular' age is a spiritual movement that seeks to eradicate the ‘self’ gaining ground?
There are three spikes, but the 'secular' trend is pretty obvious: down, down, down.
There are also other 'secular' trends that are generating ominous forecasts about the prospects for much of the Third World.
Since that time, however, the French Canadian community has become more 'secular' .
Although it had some religious overtones, Carnival has become a purely 'secular' event.
Nowadays, of course, Christmas is a largely 'secular' affair.
The truth is that, the milieu in which Popper grew up was militantly 'secular' .
Individuals were chosen from different orders and 'secular' clergy, but primarily they came from the Dominican Order.
Primary education, having become universal and largely public, became overwhelmingly 'secular' .
To the contrary, the Court found that the School Board sought to advance two 'secular' purposes.
The rate of recruitment is probably better than that of the 'secular' clergy, but this may be because a large percentage of the monks do not go on to priesthood.
Some of the more 'secular' trends in humanism dared to defend happiness in the here and now.
As the author notes, Maria's case was championed by the Jesuits, while her doubters were the 'secular' or parish clergy.
A few weeks ago, I opined that the market probably had reverted to the primary 'secular' trend.
Her quest for the big answer leads her to accept Confucianism and nonreligious Buddhism as well as 'secular' humanism.
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