nonclerical

adjective

Definition of nonclericalnext
as in lay

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonclerical
  1. lay
  2. godless
  3. irreligious
  4. pagan
  5. secular
  6. nondenominational
  7. nonsectarian
  8. temporal
Adjective
  • Corsica, like much of France, has a long history of lay Catholic associations, known as confraternities.
    Reuters, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The general public wins in that all three have, unusually for academic economists, written extensively for lay audiences; Acemoglu and Robinson’s 2012 book Why Nations Fail was a bestseller, and Johnson has had several prominent books on financial regulation and innovation.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of lay
Adjective
  • Clearly the most godless Man of God Garfield has played — the one-two of playing a televangelist here and a Mormon cop in Under the Banner of Heaven makes for a religious diptych that’s uniquely American. tick, tick … BOOM!
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
  • His notoriously pornographic breakthrough novel, The Elementary Particles, trafficked in masturbation, flashing, orgies, and child rape but really amounted to a diatribe against a godless materialism.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of godless
Adjective
  • Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
  • From its earliest days in the nineteenth century and until the Holocaust, the Orthodox rabbinate in eastern Europe was not enthusiastic about the Zionist movement, which at the time was led by irreligious Jews.
    Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2011
Definition of irreligious
Adjective
  • Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of pagan
Adjective
  • The company is set to benefit from strong secular demand trends and superior earnings visibility, the investment bank said in a Jan. 2 research note.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Society Who Gets to be An Atheist? andrea bennett, Kim Fu Some non-believers are working to combat white male dominance within the movement and make room for everyone to explore secular community.
    hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of secular
Adjective
  • Other owners include Set the Captives Free Outreach Center, which runs a nondenominational church, and mall owner City View Commercial.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Abundant Life Christian School was founded in 1978, according to the school’s website, and the main building is located next door to City Church Madison, a Christian nondenominational church.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of nondenominational
Adjective
  • For decades in California, those dollars have only been permitted to go to schools that are nonsectarian.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • By the 1970s, however, Christian private schools outnumbered the nonsectarian ones, which inspired political activism among Christian evangelists who had shown little political interest previously.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of nonsectarian
Adjective
  • And though Chen maneuvers every temporal and geographical shift, efforts to convey the political context of each new era can outweigh character development, undercutting the emotional breadth this story carries.
    Kayla Maiuri, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • For leaders, introducing intentional financial, temporal, or otherwise constraints can reignite creativity and urgency within stagnant teams.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of temporal
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