Secular

sek′ū-lar, adj. pertaining to an age or generation: coming or observed only once in a century: permanent: lay or civil, as opposed to clerical: ( geol. ) gradually becoming appreciable in the course of ages: pertaining to the present world, or to things not spiritual: not bound by monastic rules.— n. a layman: an ecclesiastic, as a parish priest, not bound by monastic rules.— n. Secular is a′tion , the state of being secularised.— v.t. Sec′ularise , to make secular: to convert from spiritual to common use.— ns. Sec′ularism ; Sec′ularist , one who, discarding religious belief and worship, applies himself exclusively to the things of this life: one who holds that education should be apart from religion; Secular′ity , state of being secular or worldly: worldline .— adv. Sec′ularly .— n. Sec′ularne . [L. secular is — seculum , an age, a generation.]