secularity
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secularities
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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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Etymology
Origin of secularity
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Macron had originally intended to make an address inside the cathedral, but was advised that this would contravene France's strict rules on secularity.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
“And that would be a tragedy, given the cultural importance and intense secularity of New York.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
“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
They are not pastors, but detectives, statisticians and mob orators, and not infrequently their secularity becomes distressingly evident.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
We can do that will in all the secularities of our daily life.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren
With one or two mighty exceptions to be sure—Dante, of course, Buonarroti, of course, and, for all his secularities.
From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Maurice Henry Hewlett
"My internal arrangements are disturbed; composure of mind will only be obtained by a month's respite from secularities."
From Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael
The secularities become sacred, and the sanctities become sound.
From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by R. Heber Newton
And here am I, grinding away at the secularities yet.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
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