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secular in Arabic

دُنْيَوِيّ dunyawiyy

UK/ˈsɛkjʊlə//ˈsɛkjələɹ/

secular in Arabic: دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy), عَلْمَانِيّ (ʕalmāniyy). In English, secular means not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

Arabic words for secular

not specifically religious
دُنْيَوِيّ dunyawiyy, عَلْمَانِيّ ʕalmāniyy

English meaning of secular

  1. adjective Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
  2. adjective Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
  3. adjective Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
  4. adjective Happening once in an age or century.

Full definition of secular

secular in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: nonmonastic
  • secular clergy in Catholicism
  • Near-synonyms: centurial, centennial

Synonyms of secular

All synonyms of secular

secular in other languages

Questions about secular in Arabic

What is the meaning of secular in Arabic?
Secular in Arabic is دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy), عَلْمَانِيّ (ʕalmāniyy).
ما معنى كلمة secular؟
Secular: دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy), عَلْمَانِيّ (ʕalmāniyy).
What does secular mean in English?
Secular means not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

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