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secular   (TTS Sound)

The noun secular has 1 sense

• layman, layperson, secular -- (someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person)

The adj secular has 5 senses

• secular -- (of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations)


• worldly, secular, temporal -- (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church")


• profane, secular -- (not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment")


• secular -- (of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows; "the secular clergy")


• laic, lay, secular -- (characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry")