Pagan vs Secular - What's the difference?
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Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.
(by extension, pejorative) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan.
(by extension) (perjoritive, politically incorrect ) An uncivilized or unsocialized person
(perjoritive, politically incorrect ) Especially an unruly, badly educated child.
Not specifically religious.
Temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless.
(Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
Happening once in an age or century.
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
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(literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
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(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion.
(atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
* 2000 , S. A. Dikanov, Two-dimensional ESEEM Spectroscopy'', in ''New Advances in Analytical Chemistry (Atta-ur-Rahman, ed.), page 539
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
As adjectives the difference between pagan and secular
is that pagan is relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism while secular is not specifically religious.As nouns the difference between pagan and secular
is that pagan is a person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan while secular is a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.As a proper noun Pagan
is a given name derived from Latin.pagan
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Adjective
(-)- ''Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
Usage notes
* When referring to modern paganism, the term is now often capitalized, like other terms referring to religions.Synonyms
* (religion) heathenish * (civilisation) barbarian, barbaric (pejorative)Antonyms
* (religion) Abrahamist, Judeo-ChristianHyponyms
* pantheistic * nature-worshipping * neo-paganDerived terms
* paganism * neopagan * paganlyNoun
(en noun)- This community has a surprising number of pagans .
Synonyms
* (heathen) paynim * (uncivilised) philistine, savage * (child) bratCoordinate terms
*Derived terms
* neo-paganSee also
* atheist * heretic * infidelReferences
Anagrams
* ----secular
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- secular clergy in Catholicism
- The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.
- The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.
- ''on a secular basis
Economics focus: Dividing the pie
- The skewed distribution of productivity gains is thus less a new phenomenon than a secular trend.
- The long reaches that were like one and the same reach, monotonous bends that were exactly alike, slipped past the steamer with their multitude of secular trees looking patiently after this grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings.
- The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ?? and ?? are derived from eqn.(21) by ...
Synonyms
* (not religious) worldlyAntonyms
* nonsecular * (not religious) religious * (not religious) sacred (used especially of music) * (not bound by monastic vows) monastic * (not bound by monastic vows) regular (as regular clergy in Catholicism) * eternal, everlasting * frequent * unpredictable * non-recurring * (finance) short-term * (finance) cyclicalReferences
*Webster's English Dictionary
Noun
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