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laic
English
Alternative forms
- laick (obsolete)
Etymology
From French laïque, from Latin la?cus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of lay.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?le?.?k/
- Rhymes: -e??k
Noun
laic (plural laics)
- A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
Adjective
laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)
- Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
- And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
Anagrams
- -ical, Cail, Cali, Laci
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of llec.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?lajk/
Adjective
laic (feminine laica, masculine plural laics, feminine plural laiques)
- laic, secular
Noun
laic m (plural laics, feminine laica)
- layperson
Further reading
- “laic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “laic” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “laic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “laic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rajH (“sharp”). Cognate with White Hmong zuag.
Adjective
laic
- sharp
Romanian
Etymology
From French laïque, from Latin laicus.
Adjective
laic m or n (feminine singular laic?, masculine plural laici, feminine and neuter plural laice)
- secular
Declension
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secular
English
Alternative forms
- sæcular (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saecul?ris (“of the age”), from saeculum.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?kj?l?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?kj?l??/
Adjective
secular (comparative more secular, superlative most secular)
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
- (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
- Happening once in an age or century.
- Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
- 2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 501
- In this event, the curve in Fig. 15.5 will be subject to a secular upward shift, resulting in successively higher intersections with the ray and also in larger values of .
- 2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 501
- (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
- (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- 2003, E. T. Jaynes, Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, Cambridge University Press, pages 234–235:
- Laplace (1749–1827) "saved the world" by using probability theory to estimate the parameters accurately enough to show that the drift of Jupiter was not secular after all; the observations at hand had covered only a fraction of a cycle of an oscillation with a period of about 880 years.
- 2003, E. T. Jaynes, Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, Cambridge University Press, pages 234–235:
- (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
- 2000, S. A. Dikanov, Two-dimensional ESEEM Spectroscopy, in New Advances in Analytical Chemistry (Atta-ur-Rahman, ed.), page 539
- The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ?? and ?? are derived from eqn.(21) by ...
- 2000, S. A. Dikanov, Two-dimensional ESEEM Spectroscopy, in New Advances in Analytical Chemistry (Atta-ur-Rahman, ed.), page 539
Synonyms
- (not religious): worldly
- (centuries old): plurisecular, multisecular
Antonyms
- nonsecular
- (not religious): religious
- (not religious): sacred (used especially of music)
- (not bound by monastic vows): monastic
- (not bound by monastic vows): regular (as regular clergy in Catholicism)
- eternal, everlasting
- frequent
- unpredictable
- non-recurring
- (finance): short-term
- (finance): cyclical
Derived terms
- multisecular
- paleosecular
- plurisecular
- secularism
- secularist
- secularize
- secularly
- semisecular
Translations
Noun
secular (plural seculars)
- A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Busby to this entry?)
- A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Translations
References
- secular at OneLook Dictionary Search
- secular in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- secular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Webster's English Dictionary
Anagrams
- Clauser, cesural, recusal
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin saecul?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /s?.ku?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se.ku?la?/
Adjective
secular (masculine and feminine plural seculars)
- secular
Derived terms
- secularitzar
- secularment
Further reading
- “secular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “secular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “secular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “secular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin saecul?ris.
Adjective
secular (plural seculares, comparable)
- secular
Derived terms
- secularizar
- secularmente
Further reading
- “secular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French séculaire, from Latin saecularis.
Adjective
secular m or n (feminine singular secular?, masculine plural seculari, feminine and neuter plural seculare)
- secular
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin saecul?ris. Doublet of seglar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seku?la?/, [se.ku?la?]
Adjective
secular (plural seculares)
- secular
Derived terms
- secularizar
- secularmente
Further reading
- “secular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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