The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SECULAR
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More clues leading to the result SECULAR
- Layman almost established around Los Angeles
- Lay brown-coated copper line
- Earthly stench, ugly air’s regularly expelled
- Lay a pound in saucer, carelessly
- Lay awake initially beset by terrible ulcers
- Cryptic clues are mostly profane
- Lay speculators in a state after losing pots ruinously
- The Parisian visiting most of close outside the church
- Convoluted clues are, mostly, not for the faithful
- For this, a clue’s devised ‘with minimal sign of religion’?
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The straight part
We know that "Earthly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case earthly = secular.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SECULAR mean?
SECULAR noun- A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
- A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
- A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
- Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
- Happening once in an age or century.
- Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
- Centuries-old, ancient.
- Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.