Feudal Lifetime Titles For Male Commoners (all Obsolete)
These titles were given only to males and not inheritable much like a life peerage. European equivalents were also used on diplomatic missions. While all are obsolete as feudal titles, note that Phan, Nai, and Phrai have modern word usages.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only later became involved. From the lifetime of its founder, Islam was the state, and the identity of religion and government is indelibly stamped on the memories and awareness of the faithful from their own sacred writings, history, and experience.”
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