secolare

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• secolarismo
• secolarità
• secolarizzare
• secolarmente
• semisecolare

 

Related terms

• secolarizzazione
• secolo

 

Noun

secolare m (plural secolari)

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

Further reading

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