secular
adjectivemasculine/feminine/sɛkulˈaɾ/medium
se·cu·lar
Definition
Not religious or ecclesiastical; civil, worldly.
The Portuguese state is a secular state. / The secular music of the Middle Ages was very different from the religious one.
Common collocations
secular statesecular educationsecular powersecular world
Idiomatic expressions
- secular clergy (clergy living in the world, not in a monastery)
Etymology
Do latim 'saecularis' (relativo a um século, mundano).