— secularly , adv.
/sek"yeuh leuhr/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
2. not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred ): secular music.
3. (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
4. (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows (opposed to regular ).
5. occurring or celebrated once in an age or century: the secular games of Rome.
6. going on from age to age; continuing through long ages.
n.
7. a layperson.
8. one of the secular clergy.
[ 1250-1300; secularis, LL saecularis worldly, temporal (opposed to eternal), L: of an age, equiv. to L saecul ( um ) long period of time + -aris -AR 1 ; r. ME seculer ]