Public schools should be secular institutions in which religion plays no part.

After being told the religious life was not for him, he attended a secular institution.

Consequently, the early 15th century saw the rise of many secular institutions and beliefs.

Although three were originally founded as religious schools, they have all since become secular institutions.

However, it is possible to reconcile secular institutions with a religious society.

"I didn't want to study my religion in a secular institution," he said.

In 1842, the university changed its status to become a secular, royal and literary institution.

If he'd lived, I wouldn't have been allowed to come here, to study at this secular institution.

From the beginning, the hospital was a secular institution.

In the 19th century the college became a private, secular institution, proud of its conservative tradition.