secular

Adjective

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
  • set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
    
  • the lay ministry
    

• of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
  • the secular clergy
    

• not concerned with or devoted to religion
  • sacred and profane music
    
  • secular drama
    
  • secular architecture, children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
    

• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
  • worldly goods and advancement
    
  • temporal possessions of the church
    

• of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

Noun

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Related words

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