- of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred): secular music.
- (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
- (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows (opposed to regular).
- occurring or celebrated once in an age or century: the secular games of Rome.
- going on from age to age; continuing through long ages.
- a layperson.
- one of the secular clergy.
- of or relating to worldly as opposed to sacred things; temporal
- not concerned with or related to religion
- not within the control of the Church
- (of an education, etc)
- having no particular religious affinities
- not including compulsory religious studies or services
- (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order
- occurring or appearing once in an age or century
- lasting for a long time
- occurring slowly over a long period of time
- a member of the secular clergy
- another word for layman
