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secular purpose

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meanings of secularand purpose


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secular
adjective
uk /ˈsek.jə.lər/ us /ˈsek.jə.lɚ/
not having any connection ...
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purpose
noun
uk /ˈpɜː.pəs/ us /ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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Examples of secular purpose


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If after that they take the responsibility of handing the money over for some secularpurpose, that is their responsibility, not ours.
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It will be perfectly impossible, and this is the only opportunity we have of bringing home the change in the destination of tithes from a religious to a secularpurpose.
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Alternative trading organizations are often, but not always, based in political and religious groups, though their secularpurpose precludes sectarian identification and evangelical activity.
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It therefore served a secularpurpose as a symbol of authority, and was an indication of a burgh's relative prosperity.
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There is disagreement though with the law being enacted though for a secularpurpose because of statements made by supporters of the legislation.
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First, the legislature must have adopted the law with a secularpurpose.
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Gradually, however, usage that had no visible secularpurpose came to be looked upon as binding.
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Essentially, the law in question must have a valid secularpurpose, and its primary effect must not be to promote or inhibit a particular religion.
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Anyone could use them for secular purposes, but only castes allowed into the temple could process through them.
Accordingly, while anyone could use the streets for secular purposes, only castes allowed into the temple could process through them.
Among some religious groups there is a service of deconsecration, to return a formerly consecrated place to secularpurpose (for instance, if the building is to be sold or demolished).
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It is true that he at first suggested that the state should take over all church land, though he never proposed applying the proceeds to secular purposes.
Therefore, every penny of the tithe they receive they will have to apply to those secular purposes.
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Of course, as they regard it, the money is devoted to superstition, and ought to be devoted to secular purposes.
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When that operates there must be a chaplain, therefore it will leave another £150 to be devoted to secular purposes.
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There was no question there of allocating the fund, or any part of it, to secular purposes.
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It is an injury to religion because it takes away for secular purposes wealth which is now devoted to religious purposes.
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It was never intended for secular uses or secular purposes.
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Two thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds a year is to be taken away and devoted to secular purposes.
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