Lay, not in holy orders, not clerical. Also absol. Obsolete.

Of or belonging to the secular (as distinguished from the religious) world; secular; (occasionally) †lay (obsolete).

Relating to secular (as opposed to religious or clerical) life; secular, lay. Cf. worldly, adj. 3. Obsolete.

Belonging to the world and its affairs as distinguished from the church and religion; civil, lay, temporal. Chiefly used as a negative term, with…

Of persons: Belonging to the ‘people’ as contradistinguished from the clergy; not in orders, non-clerical.

Secular as opposed to sacred; lay as distinguished from clerical. Of law: civil or common as distinguished from canon. Of rule, authority, or…

Belonging to the laity. Obsolete (or archaic)

Secular; lay; not sacred or holy.

In neutral sense. Not relating or devoted to what is sacred or biblical; unconsecrated, secular, lay; civil, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as…

Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity; non-clerical, secular, temporal; = lay, adj.

Lay.

= laic, adj. Also occasionally, non-professional.

Not belonging to, relating to, or characteristic of the Church, esp. the Church as an organized body; secular.

Belonging to the world, as distinguished from the church; secular.