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Webster's English Dictionary

secular

a. [OE. secular, seculer. L. saecularis, fr. saeculum a race, generation, age, the times, the world; perhaps akin to E. soul: cf. F. sculier.]1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. ()

The secular year was kept but once a century. (Addison.)

2. 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. ()

3. Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly. ()

New foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. (Milton.)

4. (Eccl.) 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. ()

He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard for morals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy. (Prescott.)

5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical. ()

I speak of folk in secular estate. (Chaucer.)

Secular equation (Astron.), the algebraic or numerical expression of the magnitude of the inequalities in a planet's motion that remain after the inequalities of a short period have been allowed for. -- Secular games (Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like. -- Secular music, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. -- Secular hymn or Secular poem, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games. ()

n. 1. (Eccl.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. (Burke.)

2. (Eccl.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. (Busby.)

3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. ()