secular
/ˈsɛkjələr/
adjective
- Not connected with religious or spiritual matters; relating to worldly things.
- Many countries have a secular government that does not favor any religion.
- The school offers a secular education, focusing on science and math.
- She prefers secular music to hymns when she exercises.
- Occurring once in an age or century; long-term or lasting over a very long period.
- The secular trend in global temperatures shows a gradual warming over centuries.
- The secular growth of the city has transformed it from a small village into a metropolis.
- Astronomers study secular changes in the orbit of planets.
Synonyms
noun
- A member of the clergy who is not bound by monastic vows and lives in the world.
- The parish priest is a secular, not a monk.
- In some traditions, a secular can marry and have a family.
- Seculars often serve in local churches while living ordinary lives.