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nonreligious

British  
/ ˌnɒnrɪˈlɪdʒəs /

adjective

  1. not of or relating to religious beliefs and practices

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But for nonreligious counties, there was no statistically significant gap for tips during Sunday or Monday lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Another, who identified herself as nonreligious, said avoiding religion while studying historical events would be ridiculous because it was so central to the people participating in those historical events.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” he wrote.

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

Raised in a conservative Jewish family, Carr said that today, he’s nonreligious: “I have no religion at all — I don’t know how to explain what I am.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2024

It is the same rhythmic pattern that drives the only popular nonreligious song of the early thirteenth century still known today: ‘Sumer is icumen in’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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