secolare
Italian
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin saecularis. The meanings related to religion started developing through the works of Christian authors.
Pronunciation
Adjective
secolare (plural secolari)
- Meanings related to time:
- (literary) centennial (happening once in a hundred years)
- Synonym: (rare) centennale
- age-old, secular
- (literary) centennial (happening once in a hundred years)
- Meanings related to religion:
- secular, lay
- Antonyms: ecclesiastico, religioso
- (of abstract things) mundane, worldly, secular
- Synonyms: mondano, terreno
- Antonym: spirituale
- (Christianity, of clergy) secular (not bound by the vows of a monastic order)
- Antonym: regolare
- secular, lay
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
secolare m (plural secolari)
- secular (layman, as opposed to a clergyman)
References
- secolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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