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secularity

American  
[sek-yuh-lar-i-tee] / ˌsɛk yəˈlær ɪ ti /

noun

plural

secularities
  1. secular views or beliefs; secularism.

  2. the state of being devoted to the affairs of the world; worldliness.

  3. a secular matter.


Etymology

Origin of secularity

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

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

Or Primo Levi, who, when faced with death in Auschwitz, was briefly tempted to pray for rescue, and then did not pray, lest he blaspheme his own secularity.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

If I had not in my secularity picked up a spice of chivalry to the ladies, I should long ago have turned out you and your regulars, to cant elsewhere. 

From The Saint's Tragedy by Kingsley, Charles