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
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

A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

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Other Word Forms of Secular

Noun

Singular:
secular
Plural:
seculars

Origin 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

  • Latin saecularis (“of the age"), from saeculum

    From Wiktionary

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