coming or observed once in an age or a century.-pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.-of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.-not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.-belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.-a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.-a church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.-a layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.