secular

  • (a) of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
  • (a) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
    • worldly goods and advancement
    • temporal possessions of the church
    worldly, temporal,
  • (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
    profane,
  • (a) of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
    • the secular clergy
  • (s) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
    • set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
    • the lay ministry
    laic, lay,

Nouns

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

Synonyms

layman layperson worldly temporal profane laic lay

Antonyms

clergyman man of the cloth reverend unworldly sacred religious

See also

earthly profane sophisticated impious worldly temporal

Words of close approximity

secular games secular humanism secularisation secularise secularism secularist secularization secularize