Look up: secular

1. secular
   material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries 
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2. Secular
   Non-religious, opposite to sacred
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3. Secular
   not having any connection with religion.
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4. secular
   changes manifested in values of climatic elements observed over a very long period after elimination of variation os relatively short period. Category: The cosmos • an alternative name for trend in time series which is sometimes reserved for a trend extending over a long period of years,...
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5. Secular
   Sec'u·lar adjective [ Middle English secular , seculer . Latin saecularis , from saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to English soul : confer French séculier .] 1. Co...
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6. Secular
   Sec'u·lar noun 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.
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7. secular
   1. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. ... 2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. ... 3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. ... 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. 'The secular year was kept but once a ...
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8. secular
   an adjective meaning 'long term' as in the phrase 'secular trends.' Outside the research context its more common meaning is 'not religious'.
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9. Secular
   • (a.) Coming or observed once in an age or a century. • (n.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. • (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. • (a.) Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not sp...
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10. secular
    secular 1. Worldly rather than spiritual. 2. Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body: 'They were playing secular music instead of sacred hymns.' 3. Relating to or advocating secularism. 4. Not bound by monastic restrictions; especially, not belonging to a religious order (a r...
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11. Secular
    Long-term time frame (10-50 years or more).
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12. Secular
    Long term as opposed to seasonal or cyclical.
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13. secular
    secular. Referring to long-term changes that take place slowly and imperceptibly. Commonly used to describe changes in elevation, tilt, and stress or strain rates that are related to long-term tectonic deformation. For example, a mountain that is growing is getting taller so slowly that we cannot see it happen.
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