/ ˈsekjələ(r); NAmE / adjective
1.
not connected with spiritual or religious matters :
secular music
Ours is a secular society.
2.
( of priests ) living among ordinary people rather than in a religious community
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English :from Old French seculer , from Latin saecularis , from saeculum generation, age, used in Christian Latin to mean the world (as opposed to the Church).