secular

nouns

someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

layman, layperson, secular

of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

secular

pertains to

characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

"worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

secular, temporal, worldly

not concerned with or devoted to religion

"sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

profane, secular

of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

"the secular clergy"

secular

antonym

characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

laic, lay, secular