secular | (adjective) of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows | - |
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(adjective) not concerned with or devoted to religion | Synonyms: profane |
(adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | Synonyms: temporal, worldly |
(adjective) of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations | - |
(adjective) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | Synonyms: laic, lay |
(noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, layperson |
secularisation | (noun) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession | Synonyms: secularization |
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(noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | Synonyms: secularization |
secularise | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularize |
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secularism | (noun) a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations | - |
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secularist | (noun) an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education | - |
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secularization | (noun) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession | Synonyms: secularisation |
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(noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | Synonyms: secularisation |
secularize | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularise |
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(verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: desacralize |
secundigravida | (noun) a woman who is pregnant for the second time | Synonyms: gravida II |
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secure | (adjective) free from fear or doubt; easy in mind | Synonyms: unafraid, untroubled |
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(adjective) free from danger or risk | - |
(adjective) not likely to fail or give way | - |
(adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable |
(adjective) financially safe | Synonyms: dependable, good, safe |
(verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, insure |
(verb) cause to be firmly attached | Synonyms: fasten, fix |
(verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | Synonyms: plug, stop up |
(verb) furnish with battens | Synonyms: batten, batten down |
(verb) get by special effort | Synonyms: procure |
(verb) assure payment of | - |
securely | (adverb) in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | Synonyms: firmly |
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(adverb) in an invulnerable manner | - |
(adverb) in a manner free from fear or risk | - |
(adverb) in a confident and unselfconscious manner | - |
secureness | (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture |
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(noun) the state of freedom from fear or danger | - |
securer | (noun) someone who obtains or acquires | Synonyms: procurer |
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security | (noun) measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc. | Synonyms: security measures |
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(noun) an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in | Synonyms: security measure, security system |
(noun) a guarantee that an obligation will be met | Synonyms: surety |
(noun) freedom from anxiety or fear | - |
(noun) a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers | Synonyms: security department |
(noun) property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation | Synonyms: surety |
(noun) defense against financial failure; financial independence | Synonyms: protection |
(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: certificate |
(noun) the state of being free from danger or injury | - |