secular [adjective]: not connected with religion.
Example: The Chief Minister’s secular credentials came under a cloud after the communal riots.
Related words: secularly [adverb], secularism [noun]
Synonyms: earthly, laical, lay, non-clerical, non-religious, non-spiritual, profane, temporal, worldly
Antonyms: clerical, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, holy, religious, sacred, scriptural, spiritual, theological
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