Clues for the word "SECULAR"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 68 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on November 12, 2025.
Definition of secular
- a. - Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
- a. - Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.
- a. - Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.
- a. - Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.
- a. - Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
- n. - A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
- n. - A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
- n. - A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Referring Clues
- Like Iran's government before the Ayatollah
- Worldly
- Not religious
- Pertaining to worldly things
- Not of the church
- Laic
- Non-spiritual
- Like some marriage ceremonies
- Not sacred
- Like Labor Day, but not Christmas
- Lay
- Worldly, not spiritual
- Not devoted to religion
- Not connected to the church
- Temporal
- Ulcers a problem over a very long period
- Cryptic clues are mostly profane
- Non-religious
- Not churchy, but cruel as can be
- Lay clues out at care centre
- Profane clause rewritten right
- Not connected with religion
- Lay a pound in broken saucer
- Not concerned with religion
- Cryptic clues with a religious origin, unlike this
- Lay speculators in a state after losing pots ruinously
- Non-religious clause upset rector, initially
- Lay out, as lucre
- It's right for an amended clause to be non-religious
- Worldly way to put a wrong clause right
- Mundane
- Worldly way to put the wrong clause right
- Like Thanksgiving, but not Easter
- When Sue and Carl get together, there's nothing sacred
- Of worldly things
- To put a wrong clause right is not sacred
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 28, 2025
- New York Times - April 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 03, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 19, 2024
- Mirror Mini - January 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 28, 2023
- Mirror Mini - January 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 11, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - June 06, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - January 16, 2018
- Evening Standard Easy - December 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - November 02, 2017
- Mirror Quick - October 21, 2017
- LA Times - September 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - September 05, 2017
- And in 38 more crossword puzzles...