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amandel
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Secular

Postby amandel » Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:30 am

The religious meaning, and the temporal count meaning are probably related, but it beats me how.

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Re: Secular

Postby Slava » Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:16 am

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Re: Secular

Postby amandel » Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:32 pm

Thanks. In my native Portuguese, século means century, so the word secular (written as in English) points more clearly to the temporal meaning.


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