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say it: SEH-kyuh-lur
secular is an adjective and noun meaning "of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations". It carries 6 recorded senses.
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
not concerned with or devoted to religion
“sacred and profane music”
“secular drama”
“secular architecture”
“children being brought up in an entirely profane environment”
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for secular come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.