Temporalty: alternatives and connections

Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in Englan…

a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters

The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or h…

One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.

A secular festival; a holiday.

Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired…

Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.

Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in…

An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhe…

Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the mi…

To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on t…