secular
Secular things are not religious. Anything not affiliated with a church or faith can be called secular.
Non-religious people can be called atheists or agnostics, but to describe things, activities, or attitudes that have nothing to do with religion, you can use the word secular. Public schools are secular, but Catholic schools are not. Grocery stores are secular; a synagogue is not. If there’s no religion involved, then you’re in “the secular world” — as people sometimes call everything that exists outside of religion.
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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clergyman, man of the cloth, reverenda member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
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types:
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lay readera layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
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common man, common person, commonera person who holds no title
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clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
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earthlyof or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
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profanenot concerned with or devoted to religion
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sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
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economicconcerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
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materialconcerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
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materialistic, mercenary, worldly-mindedmarked by materialism
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mundane, terrestrialconcerned with the world or worldly matters
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unworldlynot concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
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pioushaving or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
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naif, naivemarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
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anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermiticalcharacterized by ascetic solitude
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cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monasticalof communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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spiritual, unearthlyconcerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
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unmercenarynot mercenary; not influenced by financial gains
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earthly
not concerned with or devoted to religion
“secular drama”-
synonyms:
profane-
earthlyof or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
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impiouslacking piety or reverence for a god
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laic, laycharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
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profanatoryprofaning or tending to desecrate
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temporal, worldlycharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
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sacredconcerned with religion or religious purposes
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consecrate, consecrated, dedicatedsolemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
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heavenlyof or belonging to heaven or god
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pioushaving or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
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divinedevoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
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ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterabletoo sacred to be uttered
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inspirationalimparting a divine influence on the mind and soul
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inviolable, inviolate, sacrosancthaving to be kept sacred
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numinousevincing the presence of a deity
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quasi-religiousresembling something that is religious
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religious, spiritualconcerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
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reverend, sublimeworthy of adoration or reverence
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sacralof or relating to sacred rites
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taboo, tabuforbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
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earthly
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
“the
secular clergy”-
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religiousof or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
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religious
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy