secular

sec-u-lar · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Not connected with religious or spiritual matters.

  2. 2.

    Relating to worldly rather than spiritual affairs.

  3. 3.

    [economics]Occurring over an extended period; not cyclical.

Related words

Antonyms: religious, sacred, spiritual
See also: religious, spiritual, worldly
Synonyms: nonreligious, temporal, worldly

Etymology

From Latin saecularis ("of an age, worldly"), from saeculum ("generation, age").