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