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secular
1. of an education, etc.
a. having no particular religious affinities
b. not including compulsory religious studies or services
2. (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order
3. Astronomy occurring slowly over a long period of time
4. a member of the secular clergy

secular [′sek·yə·lər]
(engineering)
Of or pertaining to a long indefinite period of time.


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AaThe alleged plan, one of several reported in Turkish media, could add to strains between the secularist military and the government, which is already at odds with the judiciary.
of Hawaii) describes how secularists have jumped on the anti-Islam hysteria generated after September 11 to take the offensive against religion generally, most often the Abrahamic monotheistic religions of the West.
Pro-government media had blamed the delay on an attempt by secularist members of the board to remove judges and prosecutors involved in a high-profile coup plot case in which senior military officers are facing trial.
 
 
 
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