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Meanings of secular in inglés

portugués
leigo
catalán
seglar

Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

leigo
portugués
secular
catalán
temporal
español
temporal

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

temporal
portugués
secular

Of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows.

secular
portugués
profano

Not concerned with or devoted to religion.

profano
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Examples for "sacred"
Examples for "sacred"
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Good Friday is one of the most sacred days of the year.
The Irish Times
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But the family meal should continue to be a ceremonial, sacred time.
The new yorker
3
Native American leaders said the construction had already disrupted sacred burial grounds.
The Guardian
4
Massacring Tutsi children, for example, violated Rwandan ideals that children are sacred.
The South African
5
But the general of the division himself appeared in almost sacred isolation.
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Usage of secular in inglés
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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
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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
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A Speech in Parliament, concerning the Power of Bishops in secular things.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
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It had been ten days of nonstop secular, religious and image-enhancing activity.
The last page
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The effects on secular data of changes in enquiry policy are illustrated.
Pubmed
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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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Translations for secular
Secular through the time
Secular across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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