secular

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
• Syn:
layman, layperson
• Ant:
clergyman (for: layman)
• Hypernyms:
commoner, common man, common person
• Hyponyms:
lay reader
• Member Holonyms:
laity, temporalty

II - adjective

1. of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
• Pertains to noun:
secularism
2. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- worldly goods and advancement
- temporal possessions of the church
• Syn:
worldly, temporal
• Ant:
unworldly (for: worldly)
• Similar to:
economic, material, materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded,
mundane, terrestrial
• See Also:
earthly, profane, sophisticated
• Derivationally related forms:
worldliness (for: worldly), world (for: worldly)
3. not concerned with or devoted to religion
- sacred and profane music
- secular drama
- secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
• Syn:
profane
• Ant:
sacred (for: profane)
• Similar to:
laic, lay, profanatory
• See Also:
earthly, impious, worldly, temporal
• Derivationally related forms:
profaneness (for: profane)
4. of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
- the secular clergy
• Ant:
religious
5. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
- set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
- the lay ministry
• Syn:
laic, lay
• Similar to:
profane
• Derivationally related forms:
laity (for: lay)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  laic, lay, profane, worldly, temporal, layman, layperson
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  religious, sacred, unworldly, clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth