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What does secular mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word secular? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Not specifically religious.
  2. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
  3. (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
  4. Happening once in an age or century.
  5. Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
  6. (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
  7. (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
  8. (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
Noun
  1. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
  2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
  3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
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