plural seculars or secular
1
: an ecclesiastic (such as a diocesan priest) not bound by monastic vows or rules : a member of the secular clergy Word HistoryEtymology
Adjective and Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French seculer, from Late Latin saecularis, from saeculum the present world, from Latin, generation, age, century, world; akin to Welsh hoedl lifetime
First Known Use
Adjective
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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