seculars
- 1Plural of secular.
The bishop appointed several seculars to parishes across the diocese.
In that era, monks and seculars often quarreled over church revenues.
Note
Only the nouns take this plural. The adjective secular never adds an -s, so a secular ecclesiastic and the seculars can name the same people through different grammar. In church history it means priests who live in the world rather than under a monastic rule, the counterpart of regulars, who belong to religious orders. It can also mean laypeople as opposed to clergy, or choir officials whose duties are confined to singing, so context decides.
seculars is a form of secular
secular, noun: A layperson, as distinguished from a member of the clergy. Full entry
- Forms
- secularseculars plural
- Spelling
- secular → seculars: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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