Word Definition

Secular

  1. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
  2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
  3. Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.
  4. Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
  5. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
  6. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
  7. Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.

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