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==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
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.
This does not [[necessarily]] imply hostility to [[God]] or [[religion]], though some use the term this way; Martin Luther used to speak of secular [[work]] as a [[vocation]] from [[God]] for most Christians.
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
1 a : of or [[relating]] to the worldly or [[temporal]] <secular concerns>
:b : not overtly or specifically [[religious]] <secular [[music]]>
:c : not ecclesiastical or clerical <secular [[courts]]> <secular landowners>
2 : not bound by [[monastic]] vows or rules; specifically : of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a [[religious]] order or congregation <a secular priest>
3 a : occurring once in an [[age]] or a century
:b : existing or continuing through [[ages]] or centuries
:c : of or relating to a long term of indefinite duration <secular inflation>
==Description==
Secularity (adjective form '''secular''') is the [[state]] of [[being]] separate from [[religion]].
For instance, eating and bathing may be regarded as examples of secular [[activities]], because there may not be anything [[inherently]] religious about them. Nevertheless, both eating and bathing are regarded as [[Sacred|sacraments]] in some [[religious]] [[traditions]], and therefore would be religious [[activities]] in those [[world views]]. Saying a [[prayer]] derived from religious [[text]] or [[doctrine]], [[worshipping]] through the [[context]] of a [[religion]], and attending a religious school are examples of religious (non-secular) activities. [[Prayer]] and [[meditation]] are not necessarily non-secular, since the [[concept]] of [[spirituality]] and higher [[consciousness]] are not married solely to any [[religion]] but are [[practiced]] and arose [[independently]] across a [[continuum]] of [[cultures]]. However, it can be argued that these [[practices]] have arisen as a result of [[religious]] (non-secular) [[influence]].
Most [[businesses]] and corporations, and some [[governments]], are ''secular'' [[organizations]]. All of the state [[universities]] in the United States are secular organizations (especially because of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_of_the_United_States_Constitution First Amendment of the United States Constitution]) while some prominent [[private]] universities are connected with various [[religions]].
The [[public]] [[university]] systems of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan are also secular, although some [[government]]-funded primary and secondary schools may be [[religiously]] aligned in some countries.
==See also==
*'''''[[Secularism]]'''''
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: Political Science]]
==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
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.
This does not [[necessarily]] imply hostility to [[God]] or [[religion]], though some use the term this way; Martin Luther used to speak of secular [[work]] as a [[vocation]] from [[God]] for most Christians.
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
1 a : of or [[relating]] to the worldly or [[temporal]] <secular concerns>
:b : not overtly or specifically [[religious]] <secular [[music]]>
:c : not ecclesiastical or clerical <secular [[courts]]> <secular landowners>
2 : not bound by [[monastic]] vows or rules; specifically : of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a [[religious]] order or congregation <a secular priest>
3 a : occurring once in an [[age]] or a century
:b : existing or continuing through [[ages]] or centuries
:c : of or relating to a long term of indefinite duration <secular inflation>
==Description==
Secularity (adjective form '''secular''') is the [[state]] of [[being]] separate from [[religion]].
For instance, eating and bathing may be regarded as examples of secular [[activities]], because there may not be anything [[inherently]] religious about them. Nevertheless, both eating and bathing are regarded as [[Sacred|sacraments]] in some [[religious]] [[traditions]], and therefore would be religious [[activities]] in those [[world views]]. Saying a [[prayer]] derived from religious [[text]] or [[doctrine]], [[worshipping]] through the [[context]] of a [[religion]], and attending a religious school are examples of religious (non-secular) activities. [[Prayer]] and [[meditation]] are not necessarily non-secular, since the [[concept]] of [[spirituality]] and higher [[consciousness]] are not married solely to any [[religion]] but are [[practiced]] and arose [[independently]] across a [[continuum]] of [[cultures]]. However, it can be argued that these [[practices]] have arisen as a result of [[religious]] (non-secular) [[influence]].
Most [[businesses]] and corporations, and some [[governments]], are ''secular'' [[organizations]]. All of the state [[universities]] in the United States are secular organizations (especially because of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_of_the_United_States_Constitution First Amendment of the United States Constitution]) while some prominent [[private]] universities are connected with various [[religions]].
The [[public]] [[university]] systems of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan are also secular, although some [[government]]-funded primary and secondary schools may be [[religiously]] aligned in some countries.
==See also==
*'''''[[Secularism]]'''''
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: Political Science]]
