"secular" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛkjʊlə/ [UK], /ˈsɛkjələɹ/ [US] Audio: En-us-secular.ogg [US] Forms: more secular [comparative], most secular [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|seculer}} Middle English seculer, {{der|en|fro|seculer}} Old French seculer, {{der|en|la|saeculāris||of the age}} Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), {{m|la|saeculum}} saeculum Head templates: {{en-adj}} secular (comparative more secular, superlative most secular)
  1. Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical. Synonyms (not religious): worldly Translations (not specifically religious): laik (Albanian), ἄθεος (átheos) (Ancient Greek), دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy) (Arabic), عَلْمَانِيّ (ʕalmāniyy) (Arabic), աշխարհիկ (ašxarhik) (Armenian), dünyəvi (Azerbaijani), све́цкі (svjécki) (Belarusian), све́тски (svétski) (Bulgarian), ми́рски (mírski) (Bulgarian), secular (Catalan), laic (Catalan), 世俗 (shìsú) (Chinese Mandarin), (fán) (Chinese Mandarin), 塵俗 (Chinese Mandarin), 尘俗 (chénsú) (Chinese Mandarin), 非宗教 (fēizōngjiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), světský (Czech), verdslig (Danish), sekulær (Danish), seculier (Dutch), wereldlijk (Dutch), sekulara (Esperanto), maallinen (Finnish), séculier (French), laïque (French), mondain (French), secular (Galician), სეკულარული (seḳularuli) (Georgian), säkular (German), weltlich (German), κοσμικός (kosmikós) [masculine] (Greek), חול \ חֹל (ḥoll) (Hebrew), חִלּוֹנִי (khiloni) [masculine] (Hebrew), पन्थनिरपेक्ष (panthanirpekṣ) (Hindi), világi (Hungarian), veraldlegur (Icelandic), sekuler (Indonesian), saolta (Irish), tuata (Irish), secolare (Italian), laico (Italian), 世俗的な (sezokuteki na) (alt: せぞくてきな) (Japanese), 世俗の (sezoku no) (alt: せぞくの) (Japanese), 非宗教的な (hishūkyōteki na) (alt: ひしゅうきょうてきな) (Japanese), дүниелік (dünielık) (Kazakh), дүнияуи (düniäui) (Kazakh), зайырлы (zaiyrly) (Kazakh), 세속적 (sesokjeok) (alt: 世俗的) (Korean), дүйнөлүк (düynölük) (Kyrgyz), ທາງໂລກ (thāng lōk) (Lao), profānus (Latin), светски (svetski) (Macedonian), sekular (Malay), മതേതര (matētara) (Malayalam), whakawhenua (Maori), hāhikore (Maori), sétchulyi [Jersey] (Norman), sekuler (Northern Kurdish), sekulær (Norwegian Bokmål), دنیوی (dünyevi) (Ottoman Turkish), دنیوی (donyavi) (Persian), سکولار (sekulâr) (Persian), świecki (Polish), laicki (Polish), secular (Portuguese), laico (Portuguese), laic (Romanian), secular (Romanian), све́тский (svétskij) (Russian), мирско́й (mirskój) (Russian), секуля́рный (sekuljárnyj) (Russian), saoghalta (Scottish Gaelic), светован [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), свјетован [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), svetovan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), svjetovan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), svetský (Slovak), posveten (Slovene), sekularen (Slovene), seglar (Spanish), laico (Spanish), mundano (Spanish), secular (Spanish), sekulär (Swedish), världslig (Swedish), banwahanin (Tagalog), ғайридинӣ (ġayridinī) (Tajik), дунявӣ (dunyavī) (Tajik), ทางโลก (taang-lôok) (Thai), seküler (Turkish), dünyevi (Turkish), dünýewi (Turkmen), сві́тський (svítsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), мирськи́й (myrsʹkýj) (Ukrainian), دُنیاوی (duniyāvī) (Urdu), dunyoviy (Uzbek), thế tục (Vietnamese), סעקולער (sekuler) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-h4sT4DaN Disambiguation of 'not religious': 36 29 27 1 3 1 2 0 Disambiguation of 'not specifically religious': 69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0
  2. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless. Translations (temporal): веко́вен (vekóven) (Bulgarian), maallinen (Finnish), ajallinen (Finnish), séculier (French), κοσμικός (kosmikós) [masculine] (Greek), sekuler (Indonesian), whakawhenua (Maori), sétchulyi [Jersey] (Norman), secular (Portuguese), saoghalta (Scottish Gaelic), seglar (Spanish), secular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-Pns71nnn Disambiguation of 'temporal': 13 83 0 4 0 0 0 0
  3. (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (not bound by the vows of a monastic order): světský (Czech), maallikko- (Finnish), sekulir (Indonesian), secolare (Italian), seglar (Spanish), secular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-GL4ktlJd Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'not bound by the vows of a monastic order': 8 11 77 1 2 1 1 0
  4. Happening once in an age or century. Translations (happening once in an age or century): sekulaarinen (Finnish), séculaire (French), secolare (Italian), centennale [rare] (Italian), secular (Portuguese), secular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-MDl4xYZh Disambiguation of 'happening once in an age or century': 1 3 1 84 4 3 2 2
  5. Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-hyOSdLh3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 11 6 2 34 14 8 6 1 1 6
  6. (literary) Centuries-old, ancient. Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-n5uhuHnv
  7. (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field. Categories (topical): Astrophysics, Geology Translations (astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities): sekulaarinen (Finnish), secular (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-uLqGOX~e Topics: astrophysics, geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities': 8 6 3 1 23 7 50 3
  8. (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time. Translations (atomic physics: unperturbed over time): sekulaarinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-adj-Iqc7Zcxa Disambiguation of 'atomic physics: unperturbed over time': 2 2 1 1 9 2 3 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sæcular [archaic] Synonyms (centuries old): plurisecular, multisecular Translations (long-term): тра́ен (tráen) (Bulgarian), продължи́телен (prodǎlžítelen) (Bulgarian), pysyvä (Finnish), pitkäaikainen (Finnish), secular (Spanish), sekulär (Swedish), långsamt skeende (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'centuries old': 8 9 5 12 30 26 6 5 Derived forms: multisecular, paleosecular, plurisecular, pro-secular, secular arm, secular equilibrium, secularism, secularist, secularize, secularly, secular progressivism, secular resonance, semisecular Disambiguation of 'long-term': 3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛkjʊlə/ [UK], /ˈsɛkjələɹ/ [US] Audio: En-us-secular.ogg [US] Forms: seculars [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|seculer}} Middle English seculer, {{der|en|fro|seculer}} Old French seculer, {{der|en|la|saeculāris||of the age}} Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), {{m|la|saeculum}} saeculum Head templates: {{en-noun}} secular (plural seculars)
  1. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. Translations (secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules): sekulaari (Finnish), sekulir (Indonesian), seglar [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-noun-LaTLMN3N Disambiguation of 'secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules': 97 1 1
  2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. Translations (church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir): sekulaari (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-noun-hR5VQBnR Disambiguation of 'church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir': 1 98 1
  3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. Translations (layman, as distinguished from a clergyman): мирянин (mirjanin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), maallikko (Finnish), secolare [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-secular-en-noun-uRBNIZqp Disambiguation of 'layman, as distinguished from a clergyman': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sæcular [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"not religious\"",
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    },
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      "english": "used especially of music",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"not religious\"",
      "word": "sacred"
    },
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"not bound by monastic vows\"",
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      "english": "as regular clergy in Catholicism",
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      "word": "eternal"
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    {
      "word": "everlasting"
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    {
      "word": "frequent"
    },
    {
      "word": "unpredictable"
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      "word": "non-recurring"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"finance\"",
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          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ašxarhik",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "աշխարհիկ"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "dünyəvi"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "not specifically religious",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svétski",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "све́тски"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "not specifically religious",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "laic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìsú",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "世俗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fán",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "凡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "塵俗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chénsú",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "尘俗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēizōngjiāo",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "非宗教"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "světský"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "verdslig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "sekulær"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "seculier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "wereldlijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "sekulara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "maallinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "séculier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "laïque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "mondain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "secular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "seḳularuli",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "სეკულარული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "säkular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "weltlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kosmikós",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κοσμικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "átheos",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "ἄθεος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ḥoll",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "חול \\ חֹל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khiloni",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חִלּוֹנִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "panthanirpekṣ",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "पन्थनिरपेक्ष"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "világi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "veraldlegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "sekuler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "saolta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "tuata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "secolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "laico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "alt": "せぞくてきな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sezokuteki na",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "世俗的な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "alt": "せぞくの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sezoku no",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "世俗の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "alt": "ひしゅうきょうてきな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hishūkyōteki na",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
          "word": "非宗教的な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "dünielık",
          "sense": "not specifically religious",
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          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
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        {
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          "_dis1": "69 14 13 1 2 0 1 0",
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          "text": "In this event, the sϕ(k) curve in Fig. 15.5 will be subject to a secular upward shift, resulting in successively higher intersections with the λk ray and also in larger values of ̄k."
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        "US"
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    {
      "_dis1": "8 9 5 12 30 26 6 5",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 9 5 12 30 26 6 5",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
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      "roman": "tráen",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "тра́ен"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prodǎlžítelen",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "продължи́телен"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "pysyvä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "pitkäaikainen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "secular"
    },
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      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "sekulär"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 4 3 3 43 2 40 1",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "långsamt skeende"
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          "department",
          "department"
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          "choir",
          "choir"
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
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        }
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          "layman",
          "layman"
        ],
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          "clergyman",
          "clergyman"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 97",
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          "sense": "layman, as distinguished from a clergyman",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 97",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "1 2 97",
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          "sense": "layman, as distinguished from a clergyman",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        }
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        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛkjələɹ/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    },
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      "word": "religious"
    },
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      "english": "used especially of music",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"not religious\"",
      "word": "sacred"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"not bound by monastic vows\"",
      "word": "monastic"
    },
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      "word": "eternal"
    },
    {
      "word": "everlasting"
    },
    {
      "word": "frequent"
    },
    {
      "word": "unpredictable"
    },
    {
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    }
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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Albanian translations",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Malayalam translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "multisecular"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleosecular"
    },
    {
      "word": "plurisecular"
    },
    {
      "word": "pro-secular"
    },
    {
      "word": "secular arm"
    },
    {
      "word": "secular equilibrium"
    },
    {
      "word": "secularism"
    },
    {
      "word": "secularist"
    },
    {
      "word": "secularize"
    },
    {
      "word": "secularly"
    },
    {
      "word": "secular progressivism"
    },
    {
      "word": "secular resonance"
    },
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      "word": "semisecular"
    }
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    {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "seculer"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "saeculum"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "more secular",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most secular",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical."
      ],
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        [
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          "religious"
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          "lay"
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          "civil"
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      ],
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          "Temporal",
          "temporal"
        ],
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          "worldly",
          "worldly"
        ],
        [
          "timeless",
          "timeless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "secular clergy in Catholicism",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not bound by the vows of a monastic order."
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        [
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          "Christianity"
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          "monastic"
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        "(Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Happening once in an age or century."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "on a secular basis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 501",
          "text": "In this event, the sϕ(k) curve in Fig. 15.5 will be subject to a secular upward shift, resulting in successively higher intersections with the λk ray and also in larger values of ̄k."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, “Economics focus: Dividing the pie”, in The Economist",
          "text": "The skewed distribution of productivity gains is thus less a new phenomenon than a secular trend.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Continuing over a long period of time, long-term."
      ],
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        [
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          "long-term"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Centuries-old, ancient."
      ],
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        "(literary) Centuries-old, ancient."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Astrophysics",
        "en:Geology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, E. T. Jaynes, Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, Cambridge University Press, pages 234–235",
          "text": "Laplace (1749–1827) \"saved the world\" by using probability theory to estimate the parameters accurately enough to show that the drift of Jupiter was not secular after all; the observations at hand had covered only a fraction of a cycle of an oscillation with a period of about 880 years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field."
      ],
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        [
          "astrophysics",
          "astrophysics"
        ],
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "long-term",
          "long-term"
        ],
        [
          "non-periodic",
          "non-periodic"
        ],
        [
          "irregularities",
          "irregularity"
        ]
      ],
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        "(astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field."
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        "astrophysics",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, S. A. Dikanov, Two-dimensional ESEEM Spectroscopy, in New Advances in Analytical Chemistry (Atta-ur-Rahman, ed.), page 539",
          "text": "The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ν_α and ν_β are derived from eqn.(21) by ..."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unperturbed over time."
      ],
      "qualifier": "atomic physics",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(atomic physics) Unperturbed over time."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛkjʊlə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛkjələɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "sense": "not religious",
      "word": "worldly"
    },
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      "sense": "centuries old",
      "word": "plurisecular"
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    {
      "sense": "centuries old",
      "word": "multisecular"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dunyawiyy",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "دُنْيَوِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕalmāniyy",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "عَلْمَانِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ašxarhik",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "աշխարհիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "dünyəvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjécki",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "све́цкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svétski",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "све́тски"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mírski",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "ми́рски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìsú",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "世俗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fán",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "凡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "塵俗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénsú",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "尘俗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēizōngjiāo",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "非宗教"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "světský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "verdslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekulær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "seculier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "wereldlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekulara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "maallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "séculier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laïque"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "mondain"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "seḳularuli",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "სეკულარული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "säkular"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "weltlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kosmikós",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κοσμικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "átheos",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "ἄθεος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ḥoll",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "חול \\ חֹל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khiloni",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חִלּוֹנִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "panthanirpekṣ",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "पन्थनिरपेक्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "világi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "veraldlegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "saolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "tuata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "secolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せぞくてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sezokuteki na",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "世俗的な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せぞくの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sezoku no",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "世俗の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひしゅうきょうてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hishūkyōteki na",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "非宗教的な"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dünielık",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "дүниелік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "düniäui",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "дүнияуи"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zaiyrly",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "зайырлы"
    },
    {
      "alt": "世俗的",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sesokjeok",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "세속적"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "düynölük",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "дүйнөлүк"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thāng lōk",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "ທາງໂລກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "profānus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svetski",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "светски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "matētara",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "മതേതര"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "whakawhenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "hāhikore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "sétchulyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekulær"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dünyevi",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "دنیوی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "donyavi",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "دنیوی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sekulâr",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "سکولار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "świecki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laicki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svétskij",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "све́тский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirskój",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "мирско́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sekuljárnyj",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "секуля́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "saoghalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "светован"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "свјетован"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "svetovan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "svjetovan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "svetský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "posveten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekularen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "seglar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "mundano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "sekulär"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "världslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "banwahanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ġayridinī",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "ғайридинӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dunyavī",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "дунявӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taang-lôok",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "ทางโลก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "seküler"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "dünyevi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "dünýewi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svítsʹkyj",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "сві́тський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "myrsʹkýj",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "мирськи́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "duniyāvī",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "دُنیاوی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "dunyoviy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "thế tục"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sekuler",
      "sense": "not specifically religious",
      "word": "סעקולער"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vekóven",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "веко́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "maallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "ajallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "séculier"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kosmikós",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κοσμικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "sekuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "whakawhenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "sétchulyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "saoghalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "seglar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "temporal",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not bound by the vows of a monastic order",
      "word": "světský"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not bound by the vows of a monastic order",
      "word": "maallikko-"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not bound by the vows of a monastic order",
      "word": "sekulir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not bound by the vows of a monastic order",
      "word": "secolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not bound by the vows of a monastic order",
      "word": "seglar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not bound by the vows of a monastic order",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening once in an age or century",
      "word": "sekulaarinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happening once in an age or century",
      "word": "séculaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happening once in an age or century",
      "word": "secolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happening once in an age or century",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening once in an age or century",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening once in an age or century",
      "word": "secular"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tráen",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "тра́ен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prodǎlžítelen",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "продължи́телен"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "pysyvä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "pitkäaikainen"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "sekulär"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long-term",
      "word": "långsamt skeende"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities",
      "word": "sekulaarinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "atomic physics: unperturbed over time",
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    }
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}

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules",
      "word": "sekulaari"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules",
      "word": "sekulir"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "layman, as distinguished from a clergyman",
      "word": "maallikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "secolare"
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