| secular | | |
| n. (person) | 1. layman, layperson, secular | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person. |
| ~ laity, temporalty | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy. |
| ~ common man, common person, commoner | a person who holds no title. |
| ~ lay reader | a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church. |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. secular | of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations. |
| adj. | 3. secular, temporal, worldly | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" |
| ~ earthly | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven.; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" |
| ~ profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion.; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
| ~ sophisticated | having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" |
| ~ economic | concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money).; "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged" |
| ~ material | concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests.; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" |
| ~ materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded | marked by materialism. |
| ~ mundane, terrestrial | concerned with the world or worldly matters.; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality" |
| adj. | 4. profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion.; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
| ~ earthly | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven.; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" |
| ~ impious | lacking piety or reverence for a god. |
| ~ laic, lay, secular | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" |
| ~ profanatory | profaning or tending to desecrate. |
| ~ worldly, secular, temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" |
| adj. | 5. secular | of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows.; "the secular clergy" |
| adj. | 6. laic, lay, secular | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" |
| ~ profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion.; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
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