Glossary of theological terms. John T. Ford. 2014.
Secular — Sec u*lar, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[ e]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. [1913 Webster] The secular year was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Secular equation — Secular Sec u*lar, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[ e]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. [1913 Webster] The secular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Secular games — Secular Sec u*lar, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[ e]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. [1913 Webster] The secular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Secular hymn — Secular Sec u*lar, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[ e]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. [1913 Webster] The secular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Secular music — Secular Sec u*lar, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[ e]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. [1913 Webster] The secular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Secular poem — Secular Sec u*lar, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s[ e]culier.] 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. [1913 Webster] The secular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
secular — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not religious, sacred, or spiritual. 2) (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule. 3) Astronomy denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets. 4) Economics (of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting … English terms dictionary
secular — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
secular — sec|u|lar [ˈsekjulə US ər] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: seculer, from Latin saecularis coming once in an age , from saeculum breed, generation ] 1.) not connected with or controlled by a church or other religious authority ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
secular — adjective 1 not connected with or controlled by a church or other religious authority: secular education | our modern secular society 2 a secular priest lives among ordinary people, rather than with other priests in a monastery … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
