English Dictionary

secular arm

noun

(law, ecclesiastical law, historical) The lay or temporal authority of a secular judge to pronounce punishment (particularly capital punishment) of an offender tried by an ecclesiastical court.

The secular arm is responsible for enforcing the law.

意味（1）

(law, ecclesiastical law, historical) The lay or temporal authority of a secular judge to pronounce punishment (particularly capital punishment) of an offender tried by an ecclesiastical court.

The secular arm as a means by which lay power intervenes in ecclesiastical cases had two types: sought and unsought by the Church.