secular🔊

Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical. +

Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

(Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

Happening once in an age or century.

Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

(literary) Centuries-old, ancient. +

(astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.

(atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.

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.