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adjectivecharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
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adjectivecharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
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nounsomeone who is not a clergyman or a professional persontype of:
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"secular drama" "secular architecture"adjectivenot concerned with or devoted to religion
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"the secular clergy"of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vowsOpposite:
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of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
Definition that contains secular
- soul a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
- ambrose (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
- tallis English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)
- gia a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state
- churchwarden an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters
- ataturk Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
- secularist an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
- imu a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries
- supporters of islam a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
- jund-ul-islam an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda