secular
- IPA[ˈsɛkjʊlə]
英式
- not connected with religious or spiritual matters；(of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
- a secular priest.
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. not connected with religious or spiritual matters secular buildings secular attitudes to death
- 2. (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
- 3. of or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
- 4. (of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular
- 5. occurring once every century or similarly long period (used especially in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome).
名詞
- 1. a secular priest.
