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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Etymology
Origin of secularity
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This latest controversy was triggered by government figures which show that in the last academic year there was a big increase in what are described as "breaches of secularity" in schools.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2023
“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
The word comes into common usage around 1800, linked to social change – especially the secularity, alienation and competition produced by modernity.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2019
The reaction against this dusty dominion of secularity kindled new life in rival schools.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
Domestic life with all its secularities shall be hallowed.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
"My internal arrangements are disturbed; composure of mind will only be obtained by a month's respite from secularities."
From Lotus Buds by Carmichael, Amy
The secularities become sacred, and the sanctities become sound.
From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber
And here am I, grinding away at the secularities yet.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
A week-night service thrusts religion in the secularities of the week.
From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
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