What does secular mean?

Answer 1

separated from religion

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Answer 2

1. Worldly rather than spiritual.
2. Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body: secular music.
3. Relating to or advocating secularism.
4. Not bound by monastic restrictions, especially not belonging to a religious order. Used of the clergy.
5. Occurring or observed once in an age or century.
6. Lasting from century to century.

Answer 3

of the world.

secular
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secular[1,adjective]secular[2,noun]secular humanism

Main Entry: 1sec·u·lar
Pronunciation: 'se-ky&-l&r
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French seculer, from Late Latin saecularis, from saeculum the present world, from Latin, generation, age, century, world; akin to Welsh hoedl lifetime
1 a : of or relating to the worldly or temporal b : not overtly or specifically religious c : not ecclesiastical or clerical
2 : not bound by monastic vows or rules; specifically : of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a religious order or congregation
3 a : occurring once in an age or a century b : existing or continuing through ages or centuries c : of or relating to a long term of indefinite duration
- sec·u·lar·i·ty /"se-ky&-'la-r&-tE/ noun
- sec·u·lar·ly /'se-ky&-l&r-lE/ adverb
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Answer 4

Unrelated to religions or religious issues.

A secularist can be either religious or irreligious, but must not allow their religion or irreligion interfere with the activity in question.

If something is secular, then it is something of which religious opinion and application is irrelevant for.

Answer 5

READ the wiki on this subject here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular

Answer 6

Secular is another word for worldly.

Answer 7

Separated from religion, normally applied to governments.

Answer 8

non-spiritual.... as in secular music, etc.

Answer 9

Worldly, rather than spiritual. Not necessarily a negative connotation.

Answer 10

It comes from the Latin word "secularis," which meant "temporal," as opposed to eternal.