What is the meaning of secular?

Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
- synonyms: layman, layperson

Of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.
- usage: "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
- synonyms: worldly, temporal
Not concerned with or devoted to religion.
- usage: "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture, "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
- synonyms: profane
Of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows.
- usage: "the secular clergy"
Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.
- usage: "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"
- synonyms: laic, lay

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APA	WordNet. (2010). secular. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/secular/definitions/1183010
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