Synonyms: layman, layperson, secular
Definition: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
Similar words: common man, common person, commoner
Definition: a person who holds no title
Definition: not concerned with or devoted to religion
Usage: sacred and profane music; secular drama; secular architecture, children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Similar words: secular, laic, lay
Definition: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Usage: set his collar in laic rather than clerical position; the lay ministry
Similar words: profanatory
Definition: profaning or tending to desecrate
Definition: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Usage: set his collar in laic rather than clerical position; the lay ministry
Similar words: profane, secular
Definition: not concerned with or devoted to religion
Usage: sacred and profane music; secular drama; secular architecture, children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Synonyms: secular, worldly, temporal
Definition: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Usage: worldly goods and advancement; temporal possessions of the church
Similar words: economic
Definition: concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
Usage: he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons; gave up the large house for economic reasons; in economic terms they are very privileged
Similar words: material
Definition: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
Usage: material possessions; material wealth; material comforts
Similar words: materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded
Definition: marked by materialism
Similar words: terrestrial, mundane
Definition: concerned with the world or worldly matters
Usage: mundane affairs; he developed an immense terrestrial practicality