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Adjective(1) of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations(2) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world(3) not concerned with or devoted to religion(4) of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows(5) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy(6) concerning those not members of the clergy(7) not spiritual or religious

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(1) Overall the role of regulars was diminished and that of secular clergy and even laymen enhanced.(2) There are three spikes, but the secular trend is pretty obvious: down, down, down.(3) Although it had some religious overtones, Carnival has become a purely secular event.(4) Nowadays, of course, Christmas is a largely secular affair.(5) He argues for more state funding of religious institutions within an increasingly secular society.(6) No law says that advertisements have to be purely secular - except the law of supply and demand.(7) Most of the hoopla connected with the year 2000 was predominantly secular in origin and character.(8) A few weeks ago, I opined that the market probably had reverted to the primary secular trend.(9) But if one focuses on the company's positive secular trends, the picture is different.(10) Her quest for the big answer leads her to accept Confucianism and nonreligious Buddhism as well as secular humanism.(11) I agree that education should be essentially secular .(12) With all this talk of Christianity, it is easy to imagine government becoming less secular .(13) As the author notes, Maria's case was championed by the Jesuits, while her doubters were the secular or parish clergy.(14) Some of the more secular trends in humanism dared to defend happiness in the here and now.(15) To the contrary, the Court found that the School Board sought to advance two secular purposes.(16) Seven years earlier, France had erected a government that was intended to be purely secular .
Related Words
(1) secular state
(2) secular bird
(3) secular humanism
Synonyms
Adjective
1. nonreligious
2. worldly
4. profane


Noun
5. layperson


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