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secular 音標拼音: [s'ɛkjəlɚ] n. 牧師,俗人
a. 世俗的,現世的,不朽的,長期的 牧師,俗人世俗的,現世的,不朽的,長期的 secular adj 1: of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations 2: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; " worldly goods and advancement"; " temporal possessions of the church" [ synonym: { worldly}, { secular}, { temporal}] [ ant: { unworldly}] 3: not concerned with or devoted to religion; " sacred and profane music"; " secular drama"; " secular architecture", " children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" [ synonym: { profane}, { secular}] [ ant: { sacred}] 4: of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows; " the secular clergy" [ ant: { religious}] 5: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; " set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; " the lay ministry" [ synonym: { laic}, { lay}, { secular}] n 1: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person [ synonym: { layman}, { layperson}, { secular}] [ ant: { clergyman}, { man of the cloth}, { reverend}] 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 kept but once a century. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly. [ 1913 Webster] New foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Eccl.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest. [ 1913 Webster] He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical. [ 1913 Webster] I speak of folk in secular estate. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] { Secular equation} ( Astron.), the algebraic or numerical expression of the magnitude of the inequalities in a planet' s motion that remain after the inequalities of a short period have been allowed for. { Secular games} ( Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like. { Secular music}, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. { Secular hymn} or { Secular poem}, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games. [ 1913 Webster]
Secular \ Sec" u* lar\, n. 1. ( Eccl.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Eccl.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. -- Busby. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. [ 1913 Webster] 117 Moby Thesaurus words for " secular": Philistine, annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, bodily, brother, carnal, carnal- minded, catamenial, catechumen, centenary, centennial, centesimal, centigrado, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, church member, churchman, churchwoman, civil, communicant, congregational, corporal, corporeal, daily, decennial, diurnal, down- to- earth, earthly, earthy, fleshly, fortnightly, hardheaded, hebdomadal, hourly, hundredfold, hundredth, hylic, laic, laical, lay, lay brother, lay sister, layman, laywoman, material, materialistic, materiate, matter- of- fact, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, mundane, nonclerical, nonecclesiastical, nonministerial, nonordained, nonpastoral, nonreligious, nonsacred, nonspiritual, parishioner, physical, popular, positivistic, practical, practical- minded, pragmatic, profane, quarterly, quotidian, rational, realist, realistic, reasonable, reprobate, sane, scientific, scientistic, secularist, secularistic, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, sensible, sister, sober- minded, somatic, sound, sound- thinking, state, straight- thinking, substantial, temporal, terrestrial, tertian, triennial, unblessed, unhallowed, unholy, unideal, unidealistic, unregenerate, unromantic, unsacred, unsanctified, unsentimental, unspiritual, weekly, worldly, yearly
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