of this world rather than the heavenly or spiritual
not overtly or specifically religious or concerned with religion
not controlled by a religious body, such as the Church
not bound by monastic vows or rules; specif of clergy not belonging to a particular religious order: compare regular1
taking place once in an age or a century
surviving or recurring through ages or centuries
occurring very slowly over a long period of time
secularity /-ʹlariti/ noun
secularly adv
[Middle English via Old French and late Latin from Latin saecularis coming once in an age, from saeculum breed, generation, age, used by early Christians to mean ‘the world’, as opposed to the Church]