SECULARITY

Etymology

Noun

secularity (countable and uncountable, plural secularities)

The state of being secular.

• I. Taylor

Source: Wiktionary


Sec`u*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf.F. sécularité, LL. saecularitas.]

Definition: Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness. A secularity of character which makes Christianity and its principal doctrines distasteful or unintelligible. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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