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The definition of secular is something unrelated to religion.

(adjective)

An example of secular is top forty music.

See secular in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. 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
2. of or marked by secularism; secularistic
ordained for a diocese
1. coming or happening only once in an age or century
2. lasting for an age or ages; continuing for a long time or from age to age

Origin: ME seculer < OFr < LL(Ec) saecularis, worldly, profane, heathen < L, of an age < saeculum, an age, generation < IE *seitlo- < base *sei-, to scatter, sow

noun

a cleric ordained for a diocese
a person not a cleric; layman

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secularly adverb

See secular in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Worldly rather than spiritual.
Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body: secular music.
Relating to or advocating secularism.
Not bound by monastic restrictions, especially not belonging to a religious order. Used of the clergy.
Occurring or observed once in an age or century.
Lasting from century to century.

noun