secularity
Americannoun
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secular views or beliefs; secularism.
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the state of being devoted to the affairs of the world; worldliness.
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a secular matter.
noun
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the state or condition of being secular
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interest in or adherence to secular things
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a secular concern or matter
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Example Sentences
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“And that would be a tragedy, given the cultural importance and intense secularity of New York.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2023
"My fight is for secularity to be the norm," he told the BBC.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2022
“When religion is infusing these secular spaces, it troubles the concept of religion, but also troubles the strict secularity we’ve come to expect.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2021
In a world of secularity and cynicism we are drawn to the stories of those who live and die with such utter conviction, just as we wonder at how credulous they can be.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2019
Monks, ancient and modern, 55; the old monks not without secularity, 76, 84; insurrection of monks, 125.
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas
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