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secular [sek-yuh-ler]
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secular [sek-yuh-ler]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not spiritual or religious
Synonyms: civil, earthly, laic, laical, lay, material, materialistic, nonclerical, nonreligious, of this world, profane, temporal, unsacred, worldly
Notes: sectarian means of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects, while secular means not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body or not religious or spiritual in nature
Antonyms: godly, holy, religious, spiritual
Main Entry: fleshly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bodily
Synonyms: corporal, corporeal, earthly, human, material, mundane, of this world, physical, secular, somatic, terrestrial, worldly
Antonyms: mentally, spiritual
Main Entry: lay
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession
Synonyms: inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred
Antonyms: ordained, professional
Main Entry: layperson
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession
Synonyms: believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular
Antonyms: minister, ordained, priest, professional, reverend
Main Entry: materialistic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thinking mainly about physical things
Synonyms: acquisitive, banausic, carnal, earthly-minded, earthy, greedy, material, mundane, object-oriented, possessive, profane, secular, sensual, temporal, terrestrial, unspiritual
Antonyms: spiritual, thrifty, ungreedy
Main Entry: temporal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: material, worldly
Synonyms: banausic, carnal, civil, earthly, earthy, fleshly, lay, materialistic, mortal, mundane, nonsacred, nonspiritual, physical, profane, secular, sensual, subcelestial, sublunary, terrestrial, unhallowed, unsacred, unsanctified, unspiritual
Antonyms: mental, otherworldly, spiritual
Main Entry: terrestrial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: earthly
Synonyms: earthbound, earthlike, earthy, global, mundane, physical, profane, prosaic, secular, sublunary, subsolar, telluric, temporal, terrene, uncelestial, unspiritual, worldly
Antonyms: cosmic, heavenly, otherworldly
Main Entry: worldly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: material, nonreligious
Synonyms: carnal, earthly, earthy, fleshly, human, lay, materialistic, mundane, natural, physical, practical, profane, secular, sublunary, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, ungodly
Antonyms: immaterial, otherworldly, religious
Main Entry: layman
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amateur
Synonyms: believer, dilettante, follower, laic, lay person, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular
Antonyms: professional
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