nonsecular
Pertaining to faith
Nonsecular means religious or connected to religion—the opposite of secular.
Nonsecular institutions include churches, mosques, and religious schools.
Nonsecular education incorporates faith-based teaching.
The term appears most often in contexts distinguishing religious from nonreligious approaches: The debate centered on whether nonsecular values should influence public policy.
Place of Christian worship
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- templeSacred worship structure
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
bishop · priest · imam · rabbi · minister · congregation · parish · diocese
Dedicated to the divine
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
venerated · revered · sacrament · shrine · tabernacle · relic · altar · sanctity
Trust held as true
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- pietySincere religious devotion
devotion · reverence · canon · creed · catechism · testament · covenant · revelation
Formal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- massQuantity of matter
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
observance · procession · pilgrimage · ordination · baptism · communion · confirmation · matrimony
Worshipped supernatural being
- almightyHaving complete power
- creatorOne who produces something
- saviorOne who rescues another
- messiahProphesied liberator figure
omnipotent · omniscient · providence · theism · monotheism · polytheism · divinity · heavenly
Focused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
zen · karma · mantra · dharma · satori · nirvana · yoga · prana
church
Place of Christian worship
clergy · bishop · priest · imam · rabbi · minister · congregation · parish · diocese · denomination
holy
Dedicated to the divine
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
sanctified · venerated · revered · sacrament · shrine · tabernacle · relic · altar · sanctity · sacrosanct
belief
Trust held as true
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
piety · devotion · reverence · canon · creed · catechism · testament · covenant · revelation · salvation
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
worship · observance · procession · pilgrimage · ordination · baptism · communion · confirmation · matrimony · vespers
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
messiah · omnipotent · omniscient · providence · theism · monotheism · polytheism · divinity · heavenly · celestial
meditation
Focused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
awareness · zen · karma · mantra · dharma · satori · nirvana · yoga · prana · mindfulness
nonsecularsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
worldly · nonreligious · secularized · profane · temporal