of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal:
not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred):
(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.
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
(astronomy) occurring slowly over a long period of time: the secular perturbation of a planet’s orbit
a member of the secular clergy
another word for layman
Not concerned with religion or religious matters. Secular is the opposite of sacred.
Note: Secularization refers to the declining influence of religion and religious values within a given culture. Secular humanism means, loosely, a belief in human self-sufficiency.
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noun 1. lay vicar. noun, Church of England. 1. a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
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[suh-kuhn-der-uh-bad] /səˈkʌn dər əˌbæd/ noun 1. a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment. Secunderabad /səˈkʌndərəˌbæd; -ˌbɑːd/ noun 1. a former town in S central India, in N Andra Pradesh: one of the largest British military stations in India: now part of Hyderabad city