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Plainsong was the exclusive form of the Western Christian church music until the ninth century, and the introduction of polyphony. [ 2 ] The monophonic chants of plainsong have a non-metric rhythm, [ 3 ] which is generally considered freer than the metered rhythms of later Western music. [ 3 ]
Islamic honorifics are not abbreviated in Arabic-script languages (e.g. Arabic, Persian, Urdu) [58] given the rarity of acronyms and abbreviations in those languages, however, these honorifics are often abbreviated in other languages such as English, Spanish, and French.
Mawlid (Arabic: مولد), also known as Eid-e-Milad an-Nabi (Arabic: عید ميلاد النبي, romanized: ʿīd mīlad an-nabī, lit. 'feast of the birth of the prophet'), is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal , the third month of the Islamic calendar .