secolare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin saeculāris. The meanings related to religion started developing through the works of Christian authors.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /se.koˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: se‧co‧là‧re

Adjective[edit]

secolare (plural secolari)

  1. meanings related to time:
    1. (literary) centennial (happening once in a hundred years)
      Synonym: (rare) centennale
    2. age-old, secular
  2. meanings related to religion:
    1. secular, lay
      Antonyms: ecclesiastico, religioso
    2. mundane, worldly, secular (of abstract things)
      Synonyms: mondano, terreno
      Antonym: spirituale
    3. (Christianity) secular (not bound by the vows of a monastic order) (of clergy)
      Antonym: regolare

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Noun[edit]

secolare m (plural secolari)

  1. secular (layman, as opposed to a clergyman)

Further reading[edit]

  • secolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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