nonecclesiastical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonecclesiastical
Adjective
  • The Harlem rapper grew up in a strict Muslim household where secular music wasn’t allowed to be played.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Harley-Davidson — The motorcycle maker fell 4% after Morgan Stanley cut it to underweight from equal weight, citing lower pricing power and weak secular trends.
    Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The novella lacks the temporal markers that indicate how much time has passed between episodes and exhibits an abundance of characters with ruptured psyches.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Integrative regions such as the temporal poles and insular cortex allow both positive and negative events to fit together, potentially into a framework that facilitates long-term well-being.
    Anthony Vaccaro, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Delbarton publicly acknowledged in 2018 that at least 30 men had come forward with allegations that, over three decades, 13 past or current priests and monks at the school had victimized them — in addition to a lay faculty member who is now retired.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The meaning is not something that a lay person can necessarily intuit.
    John E. Jones III, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Nonecclesiastical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonecclesiastical. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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