nonclerical
Outside church roles
Nonclerical describes work, roles, or people outside the clergy: nonclerical staff at the cathedral, nonclerical members of the congregation.
It also means not involving office administrative work: nonclerical duties, nonclerical employees.
Context usually makes clear which sense applies—religious or occupational.
Nonreligious, worldly
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
earthly · civic · governmental · state · political · societal · public · civil
Non-specialist or unordained person
- laymanOrdinary untrained person
- laywomanUnordained female church member
- laicNot of priesthood
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
parishioners · churchgoers · laypeople · flock · faithful · believers · worshipers · devotees
One denying gods exist
- agnosticFlexible across platforms
- skepticOne who doubts claims
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
- humanistEthics-focused secular philosopher
secularist · rationalist · irreligious · godless · unbelieving · unchurched · nonbeliever · materialist
Related to organization management
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- employeeHired organizational member
- assistantOne who aids another
- technicianSkilled practical worker
receptionist · secretary · bookkeeper · filing · paperwork · blue-collar · manual · hands-on
secular
Nonreligious, worldly
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
profane · earthly · civic · governmental · state · political · societal · public · civil · materialistic
layperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
congregation · parishioners · churchgoers · laypeople · flock · faithful · believers · worshipers · devotees · adherents
atheist
One denying gods exist
- agnosticFlexible across platforms
- skepticOne who doubts claims
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
humanist · secularist · rationalist · irreligious · godless · unbelieving · unchurched · nonbeliever · materialist · naturalist
administrative
Related to organization management
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- employeeHired organizational member
- assistantOne who aids another
technician · receptionist · secretary · bookkeeper · filing · paperwork · blue-collar · manual · hands-on · operational
nonclericalclerical
Of office duties
ordained · sacerdotal · priestly · ecclesiastical · clergy
clerk, clergy, clerical, cleric, clerks, clericalism, anticlerical, anticlericalism