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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French seculer, from Late Latin saecularis, from saeculum the [[present]] world, from [[Latin]], [[generation]], age, century, world; akin to Welsh hoedl  lifetime

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French seculer, from Late Latin saecularis, from saeculum the [[present]] world, from [[Latin]], [[generation]], age, century, world; akin to Welsh hoedl  lifetime

Secular derives from a [[Latin]] word meaning "of the age". The [[Christian]] [[doctrine]] that [[God]] exists outside [[time]] led medieval Western [[culture]] to use secular to indicate separation from specifically [[religious]] affairs and involvement in [[temporal]] ones. This [[meaning]] has been extended to mean separation from any [[religion]], regardless of whether it has a similar doctrine.

Secular derives from a [[Latin]] word meaning "of the age". The [[Christian]] [[doctrine]] that [[God]] exists outside [[time]] led medieval Western [[culture]] to use secular to indicate separation from specifically [[religious]] affairs and involvement in [[temporal]] ones. This [[meaning]] has been extended to mean separation from any [[religion]], regardless of whether it has a similar doctrine.