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(1):

(a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.

(2):

(n.) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

(3):

(a.) Coming or observed once in an age or a century.

(4):

(n.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

(5):

(n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

(6):

(a.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.

(7):

(a.) Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.

(8):

(a.) Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Secular'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/secular.html. 1828.
 
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