secular.
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
Meaning & usage
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
secular clergy in Catholicism
Happening once in an age or century.
The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.
Continuing over a long period of time.
The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.
on a secular basis
Centuries-old, ancient.
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
Unperturbed over time.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum.
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum.
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