Secularadjective
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
Religiousadjective
Concerning religion.
âIt is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.â;
Secularadjective
Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
Religiousadjective
Committed to the practice of religion.
âI was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.â;
Secularadjective
(Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
âsecular clergy in Catholicismâ;
Religiousadjective
Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
âI'm a religious fan of college basketball.â;
Secularadjective
Happening once in an age or century.
âThe secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.â;
Religiousnoun
A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
Secularadjective
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
âThe long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.â; âon a secular basisâ;
Religiousadjective
Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.
âOur law forbids at their religious ritesMy presence.â;
Secularadjective
(literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
Religiousadjective
Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
âMen whose livesReligious titled them the sons of God.â;
Secularadjective
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
Religiousadjective
Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
âThus, Indianlike,Religious in my error, I adoreThe sun, that looks upon his worshiper.â;
Secularadjective
(atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
Religiousadjective
Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
âOne of them is religious.â;
Secularnoun
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Religiousnoun
A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.
Secularnoun
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Religiousnoun
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Secularnoun
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Religiousadjective
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
âreligious textsâ; âa nenber if a religious orderâ; âlords temporal and spiritualâ; âspiritual leadersâ; âspiritual songsâ;
Secularadjective
Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
âThe secular year was kept but once a century.â;
Religiousadjective
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity;
âa religious manâ; âreligious attitudeâ;
Secularadjective
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.
Religiousadjective
extremely scrupulous and conscientious;
âreligious in observing the rules of healthâ;
Secularadjective
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.
âNew foes arise,Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains.â;
Religiousadjective
relating to or believing in a religion
âreligious musicâ; âboth men were deeply religious and moralisticâ;
Secularadjective
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.
âHe tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy.â;
Religiousadjective
(of a belief or practice) forming part of someone's faith in a divine being
âshe has strong religious convictionsâ;
Secularadjective
Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
âI speak of folk in secular estate.â;
Religiousadjective
belonging or relating to a monastic order or other group of people who are united by their practice of religion
âreligious houses were built on ancient pagan sitesâ;
Secularnoun
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Religiousadjective
treated or regarded with a devotion and scrupulousness appropriate to worship
âI have a religious aversion to reading manualsâ;
Secularnoun
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Religiousnoun
a person bound by monastic vows.
Secularnoun
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Secularadjective
concerning those not members of the clergy;
âset his collar in laic rather than clerical positionâ; âthe lay ministryâ; âthe choir sings both sacred and secular musicâ;