| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession |
Synonyms: |
inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
Antonyms: |
ordained, professional |
| Main Entry: | secular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not spiritual or religious |
Synonyms: |
civil, earthly, laic, laical, lay, material, materialistic, nonclerical, nonreligious, of this world, profane, temporal, unsacred, worldly |
| Notes: | sectarian means of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects, while secular means not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body or not religious or spiritual in nature |
Antonyms: |
godly, holy, religious, spiritual |
| Main Entry: | temporal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | material, worldly |
Synonyms: |
banausic, carnal, civil, earthly, earthy, fleshly, lay, materialistic, mortal, mundane, nonsacred, nonspiritual, physical, profane, secular, sensual, subcelestial, sublunary, terrestrial, unhallowed, unsacred, unsanctified, unspiritual |
Antonyms: |
mental, otherworldly, spiritual |
| Main Entry: | worldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | material, nonreligious |
Synonyms: |
carnal, earthly, earthy, fleshly, human, lay, materialistic, mundane, natural, physical, practical, profane, secular, sublunary, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, ungodly |
Antonyms: |
immaterial, otherworldly, religious |
| Main Entry: | nonprofessional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not professional |
Synonyms: |
amateur, dilettantish, lay |
Antonyms: |
professional |