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  1. pagan
  2. secular
  3. godless
  4. atheistic
  5. irreligious
  6. lay
  7. temporal
  8. nonreligious
Adjective
  • Seeing those ancient sculptures would have a lasting impact on Cabrera, whose work contained forms that recall pagan ritual and prehistoric objects.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The denials followed the Temple's Capitol holiday display in 2023, centered on a statue of the pagan idol Baphomet, alongside other religious displays allowed by the state.
    — William Morris, Des Moines Register, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pagan
Adjective
  • Despite offers, the Pentecostals there have declined to sell it back into secular use.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
  • While Insulet stock may face volatility from unrelated issues, the underlying secular demand for tubeless insulin delivery remains highly resilient against the GLP-1 wave.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of secular
Adjective
  • Up to that point, America’s external enemy—the godless Soviets—gave the movement coherence and urgency.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
    — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Definition of godless
Adjective
  • His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.
    — Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
Definition of atheistic
Adjective
  • Because materialism had an irreligious connotation, Hattem says it was left out of the national conversation until the Gilded Age of the 1920s, when people start saying the quiet part out loud.
    — Cari Shane, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of irreligious
Adjective
  • Spiritual connections with monks A foundational feature of Theravada Buddhism is the relationship between monastics and the lay people.
    — Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Surrounding ourselves with the best people and working on our team, developing ourselves and not just our staff but also our lay leaders.
    — Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of lay
Adjective
  • Curiously, cobalt was linked with a small rise in amyloid-beta proteins in the inferior temporal cortex.
    — Mike McRae August 31, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The happy faces lit up their temporal cortex and caudate nucleus, which are parts of the brain associated with higher cognitive and reward processing.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of temporal
Adjective
  • Because Saudi Arabia had not yet been opened to nonreligious tourists—that happened in 2019—many visitors to the country were pilgrims, who didn’t expect flashy meals.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • According to the study, more than 97% of religious respondents and 80% of nonreligious respondents said they had been spiritually moved, inspired or comforted by online content.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonreligious
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