But the purely secular products of the workshops were often made with comparable skill and sensitivity.
Yet he predicted that Somalia's permanent government would not be purely secular.
Much of Vermeer's work was allegorical in nature, not purely secular.
It is the earliest purely secular English play that survives.
More striking are the purely secular works, some of which are innovative.
You knew very well I wanted to be cremated, with a purely secular ceremony!
His explanation was purely secular, but it would account for the facts.
That, in fact, is what can make faith-based programs more effective than their purely secular counterparts.
What I said was that it's difficult to blame him, and on a purely secular level, that's nothing but the simple truth.
It is even possible to look at certain purely secular individuals who are regarded with particular veneration in that fashion.