secularity
secularity — noun
1. something that belongs to ordinary non-religious life rather than to religion or
something that belongs to ordinary non-religious life rather than to religion or spiritual practice
The essay separates sacred duties from the secularities of daily work.
secularities of daily work
For the historian, the market rules were secularities, not church laws.
secularities, not church laws
The monk wrote little about politics or other secularities.
Old parish records mixed spiritual concerns with local secularities.
- secular matter
clearer and much more common
- worldly thing
broader and sometimes slightly disapproving
- sacred matter
something connected with religion or worship
文法句型
a secularity
secularities
religious and secularities
用法筆記
This countable sense is rare and formal. In everyday English, people usually say 'secular matters', 'worldly things', or 'non-religious matters'.
常見錯誤
Do not use this rare noun when the adjective is enough. Say 'secular music' or 'secular education', not 'music of secularity'.
2. the quality or condition of being separate from religion or not controlled by re
the quality or condition of being separate from religion or not controlled by religious beliefs
The law protects the secularity of public schools.
secularity of public schools
Researchers studied the increasing secularity of the city's younger voters.
increasing secularity
The museum's secularity made it a neutral place for the interfaith meeting.
Debates about state secularity often focus on schools and courts.
- secularism
often means a belief or policy supporting separation from religion
- non-religious character
plain explanation of the idea
- religious character
quality of being connected to religion
- sacredness
quality of being holy
文法句型
the secularity of + noun
increasing secularity
public secularity
用法筆記
This is the more useful sense for academic or legal writing. It often describes institutions, public life, or social trends.
常見錯誤
Do not confuse 'secularity' with 'security'. They look similar only at the beginning; 'secularity' is about religion and public life.