Cyclical vs. Secular — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cyclical and Secular
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Cyclical
Of, relating to, or characterized by cycles
A cyclic pattern of weather changes.
Secular
Worldly rather than spiritual
The secular affairs of the parish.
Cyclical
Recurring or moving in cycles
Cyclical history.
Secular
Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious
Secular music.
Cyclical
(Chemistry) Of or relating to compounds having atoms arranged in a ring or closed-chain structure.
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Secular
Not bound by the full monastic rule of a religious order. Used of clergy.
Cyclical
Having parts arranged in a whorl.
Secular
Relating to or advocating secularism.
Cyclical
Forming a whorl.
Secular
Occurring or observed once in an age or century, as games in ancient Rome.
Cyclical
Recurring at regular intervals
Secular
Lasting or persisting for a long time
A secular bear market.
Cyclical
Recurring in cycles
Secular
(Astronomy) Of or relating to characteristics of astronomical phenomena that change slowly over time.
Secular
A member of the secular clergy.
Secular
A layperson.
Secular
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
Secular
Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
Secular
(Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
Secular clergy in Catholicism
Secular
Happening once in an age or century.
The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.
Secular
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.
On a secular basis
Secular
(literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
Secular
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
Secular
(atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
Secular
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Secular
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Secular
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Secular
Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
The secular year was kept but once a century.
Secular
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.
Secular
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.
Secular
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.
Secular
Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
I speak of folk in secular estate.
Secular
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Secular
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Secular
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Secular
Concerning those not members of the clergy;
Set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
The lay ministry
The choir sings both sacred and secular music
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