1. not connected with religious or spiritual matters
2. relating to things that are not religious

1. a person who is not bound by religious vows

Examples

• The school provides a secular education without religious instruction.
• She prefers secular music to hymns and spiritual songs.
• The government maintains a secular approach to lawmaking.
• Many secular organizations focus on humanitarian work.
• The secular clergy can marry, unlike monks and nuns.
• He chose a secular career instead of joining the priesthood.
• The museum displays both religious and secular art from the period.