secular
English Thesaurus
1. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person (noun.person)
hyponym | : | lay reader, |
definition | : | a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | laity, temporalty, |
definition | : | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy (noun.group) |
2. not concerned with or devoted to religion (adj.all)
similar | : | laic, lay, secular, |
definition | : | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy (adj.all) |
similar | : | profanatory, |
definition | : | profaning or tending to desecrate (adj.all) |
also | : | earthly, |
definition | : | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven (adj.all) |
also | : | impious, |
definition | : | lacking piety or reverence for a god (adj.all) |
also | : | secular, temporal, worldly, |
definition | : | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world (adj.all) |
3. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy (adj.all)
similar | : | profane, secular, |
definition | : | not concerned with or devoted to religion (adj.all) |
4. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world (adj.all)
similar | : | economic, |
definition | : | concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money) (adj.all) |
similar | : | material, |
definition | : | concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests (adj.all) |
similar | : | mundane, terrestrial, |
definition | : | concerned with the world or worldly matters (adj.all) |
also | : | earthly, |
definition | : | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven (adj.all) |
also | : | profane, secular, |
definition | : | not concerned with or devoted to religion (adj.all) |
also | : | sophisticated, |
definition | : | having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire (adj.all) |
5. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person (noun.person)
6. of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows (adj.all)
antonym | : | religious, |
definition | : | of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows (adj.all) |
7. not concerned with or devoted to religion (adj.all)
antonym | : | sacred, |
definition | : | concerned with religion or religious purposes (adj.all) |
derivation | : | profaneness, |
definition | : | an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity (noun.cognition) |
8. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy (adj.all)
derivation | : | laity, temporalty, |
definition | : | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy (noun.group) |
9. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world (adj.all)
antonym | : | unworldly, |
definition | : | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations (adj.all) |
derivation | : | worldliness, |
definition | : | concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs (noun.attribute) |
10. of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | secularism, |
definition | : | a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations (noun.cognition) |
11. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person (noun.person)
12. of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows (adj.all)
antonym | : | religious, |
definition | : | of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows (adj.all) |
13. not concerned with or devoted to religion (adj.all)
antonym | : | sacred, |
definition | : | concerned with religion or religious purposes (adj.all) |
derivation | : | profaneness, |
definition | : | an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity (noun.cognition) |
14. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy (adj.all)
derivation | : | laity, temporalty, |
definition | : | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy (noun.group) |
15. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world (adj.all)
antonym | : | unworldly, |
definition | : | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations (adj.all) |
derivation | : | worldliness, |
definition | : | concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs (noun.attribute) |
16. of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | secularism, |
definition | : | a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations (noun.cognition) |
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