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Italian
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin saeculāris. The meanings related to religion started developing through the works of Christian authors.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.koˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: se‧co‧là‧re
Adjective
secolare (plural secolari)
- meanings related to time:
- (literary) centennial (happening once in a hundred years)
- Synonym: (rare) centennale
- age-old, secular
- meanings related to religion:
- secular, lay
- Antonyms: ecclesiastico, religioso
- mundane, worldly, secular (of abstract things)
- Synonyms: mondano, terreno
- Antonym: spirituale
- (Christianity) secular (not bound by the vows of a monastic order) (of clergy)
- Antonym: regolare
Derived terms
Noun
secolare m (plural secolari)
- secular (layman, as opposed to a clergyman)
Further reading
- secolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana