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adj.长期的

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secular  lay  laical  civil  temporal  profane    

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/'sekjʊlə(r); `sɛkjəlɚ/
adj
1 not concerned with spiritual or religious affairs; worldly 现世的; 世俗的
*secular education, art, music 世俗教育、艺术、音乐
* the secular power, ie the State contrasted with theChurch 政权(非教会之权).
2 (of priests) not belonging to a community of monks (指教士)不属修道院的
*the secular clergy, ie parish priests, etc 教区神职人员.

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adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: seculer, from Latin saecularis 'coming once in an age', from saeculum 'breed, generation']
not connected with or controlled by a church or other religious authority
 secular education
 our modern secular society
a secular priest lives among ordinary people, rather than with other priests in a monastery
1. The monks never thought much about secular affairs.
    和尚从来不会过多考虑尘世。

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