secular

secular, laico

Que no tiene relación con la religión.

En inglés sencillo: Having no connection with religion.

• They prefer secular music.
• The school provides a secular education.
• Many religious festivals now include secular celebrations.

Sinónimos: nonreligious

Antónimos: religious

Expresiones frecuentes: secular society, secular music, secular education

civil, secular

Relacionado con la vida pública o la población civil, en vez de con autoridades o instituciones religiosas.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with ordinary public life or people, rather than religious leaders or institutions.

• Secular authorities controlled the town.
• The dispute went before a secular court.
• Church leaders challenged the ruler’s secular power.

Sinónimos: civil, lay

Antónimos: ecclesiastical, clerical

Expresiones frecuentes: secular authorities, secular power, secular courts

secular, centenario

Que ocurre una vez por siglo o tras un período muy largo.

En inglés sencillo: Happening once in a century or a very long period of time.

• The city prepared for its secular celebration.
• The secular games marked the start of a new age.
• Historians disagree about the interval between these secular festivals.

Sinónimos: centennial, centurial

Expresiones frecuentes: secular games, secular celebration, secular festival