secular

secular
[ˈsɛkjʊlə]
adjective

denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
尘世的，世俗的。与 sacred 相对
secular buildings.
世俗建筑。
secular attitudes to death.
对死亡的世俗态度。
(Christian Church)(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order
(基督教)（神职人员）不受教规约束的；在俗的。与 regular 相对
(Astronomy)of or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets
(天文)长期的
(Economics)(of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period
(经济)（波动，趋势）长期的
there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular.
有证据表示衰退不是周期性的而是长期性的。
occurring once every century or similarly long period (used especially in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome)
（尤指古罗马的庆祝活动）每世纪一次的；约百年一次的

noun

派生
secularism
noun
secularist
noun
secularity
noun
secularization
noun
secularize
verb

secularly
adverb
语源

Middle English: senses 1 and 2 from Old French seculer, from Latin saecularis, from saeculum 'generation, age', used in Christian Latin to mean 'the world' (as opposed to the Church); senses 3, 4, and 5 (early 19th cent.) from Latin saecularis 'relating to an age or period'

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