secularly (comparative more secularly, superlative most secularly)
In a secular fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"u*lar*ly, adv.
Definition: In a secular or worldly manner.
Sec"u*lar, a. Etym: [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. séculier.]
1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. The secular year was kept but once a century. Addison.
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.
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. New foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Milton.
4. (Eccl.)
Definition: 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. He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy. Prescett.
5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical. I speak of folk in secular estate. Chaucer. 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 poem, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games.
Sec"u*lar, n.
1. (Eccl.)
Definition: A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. Burke.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. Busby.
3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 November 2024
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