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81Secular icon — For other uses of the term see Icon (disambiguation). For a list of icons for use on Wikipedia, see . A secular icon is an image or pictograph of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose. (See icon for such use.)Icons versus… …
82Secular phenomena — In astronomy, secular phenomena (which repeat too slowly to be observed, if at all) are contrasted with phenomena observed to repeat periodically. In particular, astronomical ephemerides use secular to label long term perturbations in the motion… …
83Secular Canons of St. John the Evangelist — The Portuguese Boni Homines, or Secular Canons of St. John the Evangelist were a Catholic religious institute.They were founded by John de Vicenza, afterwards Bishop of Lamego, in the fifteenth century. [… …
84Secular Christmas stories — There exists a wide range of secular Christmas stories, told in popular music, on television, and in the cinema, that are told about the Christian holiday of Christmas, that may be based on or allegorize the biblical Christian mythology of… …
85secular institute — ▪ Roman Catholicism in the Roman Catholic church, a society whose members attempt to attain Christian perfection through the practice of poverty, chastity (celibacy), and obedience and to carry out the work of the church while “living in… …
86Secular humanism — a range of ethical views that consider human nature to be the source of values. • Posthumanism a development of humanism that rejects a special position in nature for humanity. • Secular humanism a system of belief that upholds ethics and reason… …
87secular games — noun the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the… …
88Secular canon — canon can on (k[a^]n [u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw n rule, rod, fr. ka nh, ka nnh, reed. See {Cane} …
89Secular canoness — Canoness Can on*ess, n. [Cf. LL. canonissa.] A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. [1913 Webster] {Regular canoness}, one bound by the vow of poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. {Secular canoness}, one allowed to hold… …
90secular humanism — noun Date: 1933 humanism 3; especially humanistic philosophy viewed as a nontheistic religion antagonistic to traditional religion • secular humanist noun or adjective …
