Secular Definition
sĕkyə-lər
adjective
Worldly rather than spiritual.
The secular affairs of the parish.
American Heritage
Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly.
Secular music, secular schools.
Webster's New World
Of or marked by secularism; secularistic.
Webster's New World
Ordained for a diocese.
Webster's New World
Not bound by the full monastic rule of a religious order. Used of clergy.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
A member of the secular clergy.
American Heritage
A cleric ordained for a diocese.
Webster's New World
A person not a cleric; layman.
Webster's New World
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Secular
Noun
Singular:
secular
Plural:
secularsOrigin of Secular
Middle English from Old French seculer from Late Latin saeculāris from Latin of an age from saeculum generation, age
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin saecularis (“of the age"), from saeculum
From Wiktionary
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