nonecclesiastical

adjective

Definition of nonecclesiasticalnext
as in nonchurch

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  1. secular
  2. temporal
  3. lay
Adjective
  • But McClintock—secular, skeptical, profoundly unorthodox—wasn’t seeking the holy.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • The province’s right to implement Islamic law was granted by Indonesia’s secular central government around 2005 as part of a peace deal to end a separatist insurgency.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of secular
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  • This enables researchers to track spatial and temporal trends for many Wisconsin species, such as black bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossum and raccoons.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Though editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis (a Yorgos Lanthimos regular) cuts the film with brisk concision, there’s also a welcome temporal elasticity here — the sense that life can change in the blink of an eye, but also stall for undefined passages.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 June 2026
Definition of temporal
Adjective
  • In lay terms, that means the court's ruling is not based on whether the judge approves or disapproves of what Comb's is accused of.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • However, lay reading is not the way that people have, historically speaking, interfaced with the classics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of lay
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“Nonecclesiastical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonecclesiastical. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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