The difference between Monastic and Secular
When used as nouns, monastic means a person with monastic ways, whereas secular means a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
When used as adjectives, monastic means of or relating to monasteries or monks, whereas secular means not specifically religious.
check bellow for the other definitions of Monastic and Secular
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Monastic as an adjective:
Of or relating to monasteries or monks.
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Monastic as a noun:
A person with monastic ways; a monk.
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Secular as an adjective:
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
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Secular as an adjective:
Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
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Secular as an adjective (Christianity):
Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
Examples:
"secular clergy in Catholicism"
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Secular as an adjective:
Happening once in an age or century.
Examples:
"The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next."
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Secular as an adjective:
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
Examples:
"The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena."
"on a secular basis"
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Secular as an adjective (literary):
Centuries-old, ancient.
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Secular as an adjective (astrophysics, geology):
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
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Secular as an adjective (atomic physics):
Unperturbed over time.
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Secular as a noun:
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Examples:
"rfquotek Burke"
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Secular as a noun:
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Examples:
"rfquotek Busby"
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Secular as a noun:
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.