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  • 71Secular institute — In the Roman Catholic Church, a secular institute is an organization of individuals who are consecrated persons – professing the Evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience – while living in the world, unlike members of a religious… …

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  • 72Secular clergy — In the Catholic Church, secular clergy are religious ministers, such as deacons and priests, who do not belong to a religious order. While regular clergy take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and place themselves under a rule ( regulum ) …

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  • 73Secular Coalition for America — Sean Faircloth La Coalición Laica por América (Secular Coalition for America) es un grupo de defensa en la política estadounidense con base en Washington D.C. que representa a personas ateas, humanistas, librepensadoras, agnósticas y no teístas.… …

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  • 74Secular Market — A market driven by forces that could be in place for many years, causing the price of a particular investment or asset class to rise or fall over a long period of time. In a secular bull market, strong investor sentiment drives prices higher, as… …

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  • 75Secular equilibrium — In nuclear physics, secular equilibrium is a situation in which the quantity of a radioactive isotope remains constant because its production rate (due, e.g., to decay of a parent isotope) is equal to its decay rate.ecular equilibrium in… …

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  • 76Secular Order of Druids — The Secular Order of Druids or SODs emerged after the violent clashes between police and public surrounding the Stonehenge Free Festival in June 1984/85. The establishment determined to shut the festival down with an exclusion zone and aggressive …

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  • 77Secular Games — The Secular Games (Latin Ludi Saeculares, originally Ludi Terentini) were a religious celebration, involving sacrifices and theatrical performances, held in ancient Rome for three days and nights to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of …

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  • 78Secular clergy — Clergy Cler gy, n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergi[ e], F. clerg[ e], fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar …

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  • 79Secular saint — A secular saint is someone venerated and respected for contributions to a noble cause, but not recognized as a canonical saint by a religion. The ranks of secular saints, like those of religious ones, are often filled by martyrs.George Orwell… …

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  • 80Secular variations of the planetary orbits — The Secular Variations of the Planetary Orbits (French: Variations Séculaires des Orbites Planétaires, abbreviated as VSOP) is a semi analytic theory describing the long term changes (secular variation) in the orbits of the planets Mercury to… …

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