Thesaurus: secular

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1. a. Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
2. a. Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.
3. a. Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.
4. a. Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.
5. a. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
6. n. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
7. n. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
8. n. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
9. adj. of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
10. adj. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
11. adj. not concerned with or devoted to religion
12. adj. of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows