Definition of: secular

(sek′yə·lər) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to this world or the present life; temporal; worldly: contrasted with religious or spiritual.
2. Not under the control of the church; civil; not ecclesiastical.
3. Not concerned with religion; not sacred: secular art.
4. Not bound by monastic vows: opposed to regular: the secular clergy.
5. Occurring or observed but once in an age or century.
6. Lasting for ages. See synonyms under PROFANE.
—noun
1. One in holy orders who is not bound by monastic vows.
2. A layman. [<OF seculer <LL saecularis <L, belonging to an age <saeculum a generation, an age]