nonchurch

adjective

Definition of nonchurchnext
as in nonecclesiastical

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  1. secular
  2. lay
  3. temporal
Adjective
  • Because at roughly the same time, Christmas was also changing and becoming virtually two holidays: a spiritual holy day that focused on the Good News of the birth of Jesus Christ, and a secular commercial phenomenon that had little to do with Christianity at all.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Against these secular themes, Lee believes that small- and mid-cap stocks are best positioned as potential beneficiaries.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of secular
Adjective
  • Corsica, like much of France, has a long history of lay Catholic associations, known as confraternities.
    Reuters, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The general public wins in that all three have, unusually for academic economists, written extensively for lay audiences; Acemoglu and Robinson’s 2012 book Why Nations Fail was a bestseller, and Johnson has had several prominent books on financial regulation and innovation.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of lay
Adjective
  • In fact, the natural tendency for systems to move from low-entropy states to high-entropy ones seems to be the only thing that reliably imbues the universe with a consistent temporal direction.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
  • To indicate aging, the number needs to be followed by the temporal unit (5 years or 12 months), otherwise the number is just the name of the product.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of temporal
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“Nonchurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchurch. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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