secular world

collocation in English

meaningsofsecularandworld

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secular
adjective
uk
/ˈsek.jə.lər/us
/ˈsek.jə.lɚ/
not having any connection ...
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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofsecularandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesecularworldevolved and lived in close proximity to religion.
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There, people would live peacefully in a state of mutual equality, outside the conflicts and wars of thesecularworld.
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In thesecularworldthat function was fulfilled by the local songbooks, but it was perhaps even stronger for the various religious denominations.
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In fact, mental health care is one of the few contact zones in which the ultra-orthodox have to face and interact with specialists from thesecularworld.
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Religious beliefs are extremely important in determining what happens in thesecularworld.
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We might want to bracket out such traditions on the grounds that they are not modern-that they are residues of the sacred in an increasinglysecularworld-but we cannot.
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There is no equivalent organization in thesecularworld.
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Now, in a largelysecularworld, the boundaries that gave meaning to life even into the 19th century seem to be breaking down.
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Many monks and nuns live in monasteries to stay away from thesecularworld.
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At the age of 31, after his father's death, he decided to leave thesecularworld.
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Their clothes are also gray rather than black, to symbolize their participation in thesecularworld.
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The charity aims to advocate for people whose beliefs are incomprehensible to what is termed thesecularworld.
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However, she found life in the convent to be as unjust there as it was in thesecularworldand left in 1669.
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She hasn't decided if she wants to remain in thesecularworld, but is willing to see what it can offer her.
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The drawback was that thesecularworld, including the local ecclesiastical authorities, increasingly expected patrons of parishes to make sure they were well-supported and well-run.
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The council was concerned with the relationship between the church and thesecularworld, and it condemned many excesses on the part of the clergy.
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The circle was supposed to approach the perfection of the divine, as opposed to the square, which belonged in thesecularworld.
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On the one hand privacy concerns in thesecularworldhas meant that personal information is to be regarded as presumed confidential.
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Furthermore, the anthropocentric view that animals were made for man became a minority view, and biblical arguments became unconvincing in asecularworld.
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He is known for writing and speaking on the practical possibility of living a pure and holy life in thesecularworld, by divine indwelling and grace.
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