Main entry: layman, layperson, secular
Definition: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
Main entry: secular
Definition: of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
Usage: the secular clergy
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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: secular
Definition: of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations