nonecclesiastical

Definition of nonecclesiasticalnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonecclesiastical
Adjective
  • Cripple Iran's ability to threaten its neighbors, spur a popular uprising in Iran, and then conduct regime change, leaving in place a secular leader.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The secular story on big-cap tech—the margins, the cash flow, the AI tailwind—was never in doubt.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Zhe said the study is the first to reveal the trends in artificial light use with a level of temporal detail that distinguishes individual events and regional trends.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The forty-three-year gap between provocation and retaliation is a void between cause and effect into which all temporal logic vanishes.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • This story is told by an unnamed narrator, an irreligious woman who has joined the nuns as a lay resident after her faith in environmental advocacy crumbled.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There is Muslim representation on the group's advisory board of lay leaders.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Nonecclesiastical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonecclesiastical. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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