secularist

secularist
I. noun see secularism II. adjective see secularism

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • secularist — See secularism. * * * …   Universalium

  • secularist — noun A person who believes in or supports secularism …   Wiktionary

  • SECULARIST —    name given to one who, discarding as irrelevant all theories and observances bearing upon the other world and its interests, holds that we ought to confine our attention solely to the immediate problems and duties of this, independently of all …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • secularist — n. one who believes in the separation of religious and civil affairs …   English contemporary dictionary

  • secularist — sec·u·lar·ist …   English syllables

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