SECULARIZATION
SECULARIZA'TION, noun. [foom secularize.] the act of converting a regular person, place or benefice into a secular one. Most cathedral churchses were formerly regular, that is, ...
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SECULARIZE
SEC'ULARIZE, v. t.1. To make secular; to convert from spiritual appropriation to scular or common use; to convert that which is regular or monastic into secular; as, the ancient...
SECULARIZED
SEC'ULARIZED, pp. Converted from regular to secular.
SECULARIZING
SEC'ULARIZING, ppr. Converting from regular or monastic to secular.
SECULARLY
SEC'ULARLY, adv. In a worldy manner.
SECULARNESS
SEC'ULARNESS, noun. A secular disposition; worldliness; worldly mindedness.
SECUNDINE
SEC'UNDINE, noun. Secundines, in the plural, as generally used, are the several coats or membranes in which the fetus is wrapped in the womb; the after-birth.
SECURE
SECU'RE, adjective. [Latin securus.]1. Free from danger of being taken by an enemy; that may resist assault or attack. Teh place is well fortified and very secure. Gibraltar is ...
SECURED
SECU'RED, pp. Effectually guarded or protected; made certain; put beyond hazard; effectually confined; made fast.
SECURELY
SECU'RELY, adv.1. Without danger; safely; as, to pass a river on ice securely. But safely is generally used.2. Without fear or apprehension; carelessly; in an unguarded state; i...
SECUREMENT
SECU'REMENT, noun. Security; protection. [Not used.]
SECURENESS
SECU'RENESS, noun. Confidence of safety; exemption from fear; hence, want of vigilance or caution.
SECURER
SECU'RER, noun. He or that which secures or protects.
SECURIFORM
SECU'RIFORM, adjective. [Latin securis, an ax or hatchet, and form.] In botany, having the form of an ax or hatchet.
SECURITY
SECU'RITY, noun. [Latin securitas.]1. Protection; effectual defense or saftey from danger of any kind; as a chain of forts erected for the security of the frontiers.2. That whic...
SEDAN
SEDAN', noun [L. sedeo; like L. esseda] A portable chair or cover vehicle for carrying a single person. It is borne on poles by two men.
SEDATE
SEDA'TE, adjective [L. sedatus, from sedo, to calm or appease, that is, to set, to cause to subside.] Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled by passi...
SEDATELY
SEDA'TELY, adverb Calmly; without agitation of mind.
SEDATENESS
SEDA'TENESS, noun Calmness of mind, manner or countenance; freedom from agitation; a settled state; composure; serenity; tranquillity; as sedateness of temper or soul; sedatenes...
SEDATION
SEDA'TION, noun The act of calming. [Not in use.]
SEDATIVE
SEDATIVE, adjective [L. sedo, to calm.] In medicine, moderating muscular action or animal energy.SED'ATIVE, noun A midicine that moderates muscular action or animal energy. Se d...
SEDENTARILY
SED'ENTARILY, adverb [from sedentary.] The state of being sedentary, or living without much action.
SEDENTARINESS
SED'ENTARINESS, noun The state of being sedentary.
SEDENTARY
SED'ENTARY, adjective. [Latin sedentarius, from sedens, sedeo, to sit.]1. Accustomed to sit much, or to pass most of the time in a sitting posture; as a sedentary man. Students,...
SEDGE
SEDGE, noun. [Latin seco, to cut; that is sword grass, like Latin gladiolus.]1. A narrow flag, or growth of such flags; called in the north of England, seg or sag.2. In New Engl...
SEDGED
SEDG'ED, adjective. Composed of flags or sedge.
SEDGY
SEDG'Y, adjective. Overgrown with sedge.On the gentle Severn's sedgy bank. Shak.