secular government
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecularandgovernment
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secular
adjective
uk/ˈsek.jə.lər/us/ˈsek.jə.lɚ/
not having any connection ...
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government
noun
uk/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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(Definition ofsecularandgovernmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Seculargovernmentwas not equipped to produce the godly society to which the previous generation of leaders had aspired.
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But it is arguable that the numerous proponents ofseculargovernmentor of secular "public reason" have something like this position in mind.
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Of course, parishes can also be treated as units ofseculargovernmentand grouped into counties.
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Might there be virtue in aseculargovernment, in other words, even conceding that it is not neutral toward religion?
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There is a strong feeling on our side that these churchyards adjoining churches ought not to be handed over to a merelyseculargovernment.
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That included self-determination for the people of the south as well asseculargovernmentand democracy.
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There isseculargovernment, albeit horrendous.
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However, its original reservations about aseculargovernmentinfluenced its decision to refuse cabinet positions.
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This was a work on the relationship between ecclesiastical andseculargovernmentfrom the moderate counter-remonstrant viewpoint.
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Theseculargovernmentwill deal with breaches in the law.
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Erlandsen was perhaps the wealthiest man in the kingdom and insisted that theseculargovernmenthave no control or hold over the church, its property, or ecclesiastical personnel.
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Consistories, forming executive body of a state church, had often great powers through the authority of theseculargovernment.
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Secular governments can also co-exist with a state religion or delegate some aspects of civil law to religious communities.
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Violence committed by secular governments and people, including the anti-religious, have been documented including violence or persecutions focused on religious believers and those who believe in the supernatural.
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The reasoning was consistent with the desire to ensure that secular governments and courts should not be placed in the position to determine which religious practices are authentic or not.
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