ˈsekjulə adj. & n. --adj. 1
concerned with the affairs of
this world;
not spiritual or
sacred. 2 (of
education etc.) not concerned with
religion or
religious belief. 3 a not
ecclesiastical or
monastic. b (of clergy) not bound by a religious
rule. 4 occurring
once in an
age or
century. 5
lasting for or occurring
over an
indefinitely long
time. --n. a secular
priest. øsecular
variation Astron. variation compensated over a long
period of time. øøsecularism n. secularist n. secularity n. secularize v.tr. (also -ise). secularization n. secularly adv. [ME (in senses 1-3 f. OF seculer) f. L saecularis f. saeculum
generation, age]