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Discover LudwigThe phrase "secular name" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a person's non-religious or non-spiritual name, separate from any religious or cultural affiliations. Example: John Smith was born into a Catholic family, but he chose to go by his secular name, Jack, in his professional life.
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C. 360 P'eng-ch'eng, China 434 Tao Sheng, Pinyin Dao Sheng, secular name Chu (born c. 360, P'eng-ch'eng, China died 434) eminent Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar.
In tears, Hadewijch, whose secular name is Céline, returns to Paris, where she lives with her parents — a cabinet minister she describes as "a jerk" and his wife — in chilly, palatial splendor.
Hoping to cash in on some of the many construction jobs in his East Harlem neighborhood, he founded a new company with a very secular name: SoHo Renovation Construction.
Cleaned up and cleared out, with additional windows cut through its three-foot-thick walls and the new, secular name of 45 West Broadway, it went on the market as thirty-six luxury condominiums suspended in the building's soaring open space.
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He and his partner Peristera (her name happens to mean "dove") have called one of their children Ernesto, after Che Guevara; this was offically proclaimed in a secular name-giving ceremony, not a church christening.
To secular Americans, the name Frank Schaeffer means nothing.
You cannot find common cause on the plight of the low-waged; navigate your own way through the swamp of secular stagnation, and name Trumpism for the barbarism that it is.
In February, 2013, a secular political activist named Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his house, in Tunis.
Looking to keep the fun going outside of December, they also organized the totally secular and aptly named "Arbitrary Day", which they describe as "a celebration of nothing in particular".
Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassaniy, (born 1776 died 1840), Kenyan poet who was the first Swahili-language secular poet known by name.
1776 1840 Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassaniy, (born 1776 died 1840) Kenyan poet who was the first Swahili-language secular poet known by name.
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