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secularity

[ sek-yuh-lar-i-tee ]

noun

, plural sec·u·lar·i·ties.
  1. secular views or beliefs; secularism.
  2. the state of being devoted to the affairs of the world; worldliness.
  3. a secular matter.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of secularity1

1350–1400; Middle English. See secular, -ity

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Example Sentences

She feels religion is irrelevant to politics, and in a country that values secularity, it should be.

But with these institutions and with their proper effect and influence was mingled the fatal leaven of secularity.

There is an accepted secularity today about the organization.

The reaction against this dusty dominion of secularity kindled new life in rival schools.

Fire can fight fire, perhaps—in proverbs, anyhow—but discrimination is not to be overpowered by a like amount of secularity.

But they directed even fiercer invectives against the wealth and secularity of the great Churchmen.

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