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seculars
noun as in layperson
noun as in layman
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It has an alcalde-mayor; most of its villages are in charge of seculars, and the others, of calced religious of St. Augustine.
Therefore, his Excellency was forced to desist from his attempt, as he had no seculars to whom to entrust that administration.
Struggles between them and the seculars, with appeals to the Crown, were the consequence.
They despised the seculars as drones and the monks as lazy and corrupt.
But seculars of position or influence appear to have been able to borrow monastic books.
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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to seculars, such as: believer, dilettante, follower, member, neophyte, and novice.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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