nonsecular C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌnɑnˈsɛkjələr/ UK /ˌnɒnˈsɛkjʊlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not secular; religious or sacred in character The school added nonsecular studies to its curriculum. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not secular; religious or... religioussacredspiritualecclesiasticalholysacrosanct ↔ Opposites secularworldlytemporalprofane Word family Related forms secularsecularism Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + secular, from Latin saecularis ('of an age, worldly'), from saeculum ('generation, age'). non Latin saeculum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # nonsecular **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnˈsɛkjələr/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnˈsɛkjʊlə/ ## Meanings 1. not secular; religious or sacred in character ## Examples - The school added nonsecular studies to its curriculum. ## Synonyms - religious - sacred - spiritual - ecclesiastical - holy - sacrosanct ## Antonyms - secular - worldly - temporal - profane ## Related Forms - secular - secularism ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: saeculum ## Etymology From non- ('not') + secular, from Latin saecularis ('of an age, worldly'), from saeculum ('generation, age'). ## AI Etymology Nonsecular comes from non- ('not') + secular, from Latin saecularis ('of an age, worldly'), from saeculum ('generation, age'). The etymological trail includes Latin non and Latin saeculum. As an adjective, nonsecular means not secular; religious or sacred in character. The same family is visible in related forms such as secular and secularism. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown