Name Change - Name Change On Religious Conversion

Name Change On Religious Conversion

Further information: Religious name

Adherents of various religions change their name upon conversion or confirmation. The name adopted may not have any legal status but will represent their adopted religious beliefs.

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Famous quotes containing the words change, religious and/or conversion:

    ““... But here there is nor law nor rule,
    Nor have hands held a weary tool;
    And here there is nor Change nor Death,
    But only kind and merry breath,
    For joy is God and God is joy.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

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