seculars

noun

variants or secular
plural of secular
as in laymen

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Recent Examples of seculars Skillet now regularly shares stages with a wide range of acts, from the devout to the secular, including Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Disturbed, and Papa Roach. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026 The sacred meets the secular in this long-running pairing of a young vicar with a worldly police detective in the titular idyllic Cambridgeshire village during the 1950s and ‘60s. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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laymen
Noun
  • Hays was elected Southern Baptist Convention president, one of the few laymen to ever hold the position, in 1957 and 1958.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Hundreds of laymen, actuated solely by idle curiosity, received little more than a crick in the neck for their pains.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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