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Meanings of secular in English

Portuguese
leigo
Catalan
seglar

Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

      leigo
      Portuguese
      secular
      Catalan
      temporal
      Spanish
      temporal

      Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.

          secular
          Synonyms
          Examples for "layman"
          Examples for "layman"
          1
          Now you're beginning to see it from a layman's point of view.
          The unincorporated man
          2
          This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.
          A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
          3
          To the simple layman, it merely appears that Reeves is trying harder.
          The Guardian
          4
          But it was quite a natural suggestion for a layman to make.
          The Mysterious Affair at Styles
          5
          But in all other respects he shall be considered as a layman.
          The Parish Clerk
          1
          In today's age of technology, how can the layperson protect their privacy?
          Wired
          2
          It's more logical than Richter but also more layperson-friendly than seismic moment.
          Wired
          3
          But ordinarily no layperson would be able to obtain such photographs.
          In the shadow of gotham
          4
          Might I, as a scientific layperson, be so bold as to add an observation?
          The Irish Times
          5
          No layperson would understand what she meant by that, but any cop instantly would.
          True blue
          Portuguese
          secular

          Of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows.

                secular
                Portuguese
                profano

                Not concerned with or devoted to religion.

                      profano
                      Usage of secular in English
                      1
                      For the secular constituency in Turkey has good reason to feel uneasy.
                      The Irish Times
                      2
                      By barring moderate opposition candidate Bobonazarova, secular authorities risk radicalising the opposition.
                      Reuters
                      3
                      By barring moderate opposition candidate Oynihol Bobonazarova, secular authorities risk radicalizing opposition.
                      Reuters
                      4
                      Public prayer has no place in the institutions of a secular state.
                      The Irish Times
                      5
                      The state ideology, Pancasila, enshrines religious diversity in an officially secular system.
                      Reuters
                      6
                      There is also a secular charge: use and distribution of illegal drugs.
                      A Time of Changes
                      7
                      RELIGION & ISLAM Officially secular Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population.
                      Reuters
                      8
                      Anti-Hudood activists say that Pakistan's secular laws served rape victims far better.
                      Feminist dot com
                      9
                      Minorities and secular Egyptians worry he will subject them to Islamic laws.
                      Reuters
                      10
                      His problem was that the culture of contemporary liberalism is avowedly secular.
                      The Guardian
                      11
                      Take the higher branches of secular teaching in the colleges and professions.
                      Equality
                      12
                      The members of the secular tribunal were not unanimous on this point.
                      The Book of Were-Wolves
                      13
                      A Speech in Parliament, concerning the Power of Bishops in secular things.
                      The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
                      14
                      It had been ten days of nonstop secular, religious and image-enhancing activity.
                      The last page
                      15
                      The effects on secular data of changes in enquiry policy are illustrated.
                      Pubmed
                      16
                      Gil grew up in a secular Jewish family in upstate New York.
                      The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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                      Secular through the time
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                      Common
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                      Common
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