nonsecular

C2+ Topic:Religion & Belief

US /ˌnɑnˈsɛkjələr/ UK /ˌnɒnˈsɛkjʊlə/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
not secular; religious or sacred in character

The school added nonsecular studies to its curriculum.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not secular; religious or... religious sacred spiritual ecclesiastical holy sacrosanct

Opposites

secular worldly temporal profane

Word family

Related forms secularsecularism

Etymology

From non- ('not') + secular, from Latin saecularis ('of an age, worldly'), from saeculum ('generation, age').

non Latin saeculum Latin

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# 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
- Religion & Belief
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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