nonecclesiastical

Definition of nonecclesiasticalnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonecclesiastical
Adjective
  • Purim, a holiday beloved by both religious and secular Jews, takes place in most of the Jewish world starting on Monday night.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Each has pushed to new multi-year highs, reinforcing that leadership within the energy sector remains intact and that the cyclical and secular uptrends are in force.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • When choosing trees for year-long interest, consider both long-term and temporal sources of color and texture, and think about how these combine with other elements.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The linocut medium itself performs this temporal multiplicity.
    Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In addition to hosting health fairs, the network offers educational workshops, resources, health screenings and works with lay people in congregations to share information.
    Cassandra Spratling, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, even as Aleys’s world begins to change with the rise of lay literacy, those lay people are almost entirely men.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Nonecclesiastical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonecclesiastical. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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