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English to English adjective
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of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations |  | source: wordnet30
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characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world |  | Example: worldly goods and advancement temporal possessions of the church
source: wordnet30
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not concerned with or devoted to religion |  | Example: sacred and profane music secular drama secular architecture children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
source: wordnet30
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of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows |  | Example: the secular clergy
source: wordnet30
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Coming or observed once in an age or a century. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy |  | Example: set his collar in laic rather than clerical position the lay ministry
source: wordnet30 noun
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person |  | source: wordnet30
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A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. |  | source: webster1913
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