secularly


sec·u·lar

S0209000 (sĕk′yə-lər)adj.1. a. Worldly rather than spiritual: the secular affairs of the parish.b. Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious: secular music.c. Not bound by the full monastic rule of a religious order. Used of clergy.2. Relating to or advocating secularism.3. a. Occurring or observed once in an age or century, as games in ancient Rome.b. Lasting or persisting for a long time: a secular bear market.c. Astronomy Of or relating to characteristics of astronomical phenomena that change slowly over time.n.1. A member of the secular clergy.2. A layperson.
[Middle English, from Old French seculer, from Late Latin saeculāris, from Latin, of an age, from saeculum, generation, age.]
sec′u·lar·ly adv.