Divine
Divine noun - A person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church.
Usage example: the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Secular
Secular adjective - Not involving religion or religious matters.
Usage example: that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church
Both words in one sentence
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Their degree of actual secular authority varies depending of the time period, but theyre always revered by all as divine.
- Secular things may last a long time but are not eternal, placed opposite divine things that have no beginning and no end.
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The misconception arose among the ancient Greeks, who mistook the Persian practice of proskynesis before the monarch for an act of divine worship, when it was in fact a secular social ritual.
Source: God Emperor
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