🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

séculier

Pronunciation / Transliteration: se-kyu-lyay

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Secular/ˈsɛk.jʊ.lər/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'école promeut une éducation séculière qui se concentre sur les sciences."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

    "The school promotes a secular education that focuses on science and mathematics."
  2. 2

    Relating to the worldly or temporal, as opposed to the spiritual or eternal.

    "The secular government ensures that laws are made without religious influence."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'secular' originates from the Latin 'saecularis', meaning 'of a generation or age', which evolved in the Middle Ages to denote things that are not religious or sacred. Its usage has shifted over time to refer broadly to the separation of religion from civic affairs and public education.

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