Secularity

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The word "secular" is derived from the Latin word saeculum (age), and originally means "happening once in an age". This offers the opportunity for a confusing variety of meanings. A dog is "big" compared to an ant but not compared to an elephant, and "secular" is similarly subject to "relative to what?" ambiguity. But secular also means, in different contexts, long (relative to something else) because an "age" is a long time, and (relatively) short because an age is "not very long compared to eternity". Its usage often stands in contrast to the word sacred.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Saeculum: A saeculum is a length of time roughly equal to the lifetime of a person. The term was first used by the Etruscans. Originally it meant the period of time from the moment that something happened (for example the founding of a city) until the point in time that all people who had lived at the first m...

Sacred: :For the game released in 2004, go to Sacred (game)....