secular  /s'ɛkjəlɚ/

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  secular
  牧師,俗人(a.)世俗的,現世的,不朽的,長期的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Secular \Sec"u*lar\, a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis,
     fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world;
     perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. s['e]culier.]
     1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
  
              The secular year was kept but once a century.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. 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.                       --Milton.
  
     4. (Eccl.) 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.        --Prescett.
  
     5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
  
              I speak of folk in secular estate.    --Chaucer.
  
     {Secular equation} (Astron.), the algebraic or numerical
        expression of the magnitude of the inequalities in a
        planet's motion that remain after the inequalities of a
        short period have been allowed for.
  
     {Secular games} (Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but
        irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with
        sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the
        like.
  
     {Secular music}, any music or songs not adapted to sacred
        uses.
  
     {Secular hymn} or {poem}, a hymn or poem composed for the
        secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Secular \Sec"u*lar\, n.
     1. (Eccl.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by
        monastic rules. --Burke.
  
     2. (Eccl.) A church official whose functions are confined to
        the vocal department of the choir. --Busby.
  
     3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  secular
       adj : 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" [syn: {laic}, {lay}]