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Adjectives (7)

adj. concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music"

lay, temporal, laic, secular, worldly

adj. concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"

Fuzzynyms (2)

earthly

adj. of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"

civil

adj. applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"

Synonyms (5)

irreverent, blasphemous, sacrilegious

adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

profanatory

adj. profaning or tending to desecrate

secularized

adj. made secular

Antonyms (5)

sacred

adj. concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical

adj. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"

spiritual, religious

adj. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"

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