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supersecular

supersecular adjective: above the world, or secular things.

Adjective

supersecular (comparative more supersecular, superlative most supersecular)

  1. Above the world, or secular things.
    • Let us (ſaith he [Gregory of Nazianzus]) celebrate this feaſt, not in a panegyrical but divine, not in a vvorldly but ſuperſecular manner; not regarding ſo much our ſelves or ours, as the vvorſhip of Chriſt, &c.a. 1657, Joseph Hall, “A Letter for the Observation of the Feast of Christ’s Nativity”, in The Shaking of the Olive-Tree. The Remaining Works of that Incomparable Prelate Joseph Hall, D.D. […]...

Forms of supersecular

comparativemore supersecular
superlativemost supersecular

Origin of supersecular

From super- + secular.

Questions about supersecular

What does supersecular mean?
Supersecular means above the world, or secular things.
What part of speech is supersecular?
Supersecular is an adjective.

Words near supersecular in the dictionary

  1. supersecrets
  2. supersection
  3. supersections
  4. supersector
  5. supersectors
  6. supersecular
  7. supersecure
  8. supersedable
  9. supersedan
  10. supersedans
  11. supersede

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