as in temporal
not involving religion or religious matters
that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church
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Recent Examples of secular
Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
This may be semi-tolerated in secular Jewry, but Orthodox Jews should know the difference between pil-pul and truth!
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
Regardless of the vast cultural and secular perspectives on death and afterlife, objects are ultimately a tangible bridge between the living and the dead, artifacts that live on in the liminal space past our own mortality.
—Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
This may be semi-tolerated in secular Jewry, but Orthodox Jews should know the difference between pil-pul and truth!
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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These data imply to me that the secular are getting idiocratic faster than the fundamentalists.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secular
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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
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In hindsight, Barcelona’s decision in 2008 to hand control to him, rather than to fall under the sway of his great ideological antithesis, Jose Mourinho, has taken on the air of a temporal border.Rory Smith, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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While a layman might initially believe finding the whereabouts of a high-ranking business figure would be difficult, a few quick Google searches could easily yield such information, according to D’Amico.Steve Kopack, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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In layman’s terms: more than a million bathtubs too many.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Some nonreligious customs of celebration include eating certain treats, giving children gifts of chocolate coins and playing with a dreidel.Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
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According to the lawsuit, the TDCJ had previously allowed employees to wear head coverings for both religious and nonreligious purposes — including baseball caps.Serena Lin, Austin American-Statesman, 3 May 2024
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These are unfathomable numbers for the layperson, but for an economist, these portend an upward trend that places a significant burden on both the government and individuals.Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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The study defines bystander CPR as any resuscitative effort provided by a layperson or non-medical professional prior to EMS arrival.Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Secular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secular. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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