There is actually nothing religious except in a conventional and formal sense about prayers of petition as just described. (religion-online.org)
As the laws have been interpreted, however, they only apply to journalists in the traditional formal sense. (avivadirectory.com)
In a purely formal sense, the systems of Spinoza and Leibniz seem to be mirror images: Spinoza's single substance can not explain individuality, and Leibniz» individual monads can not communicate with each other; «pre-established harmony» has the same function as «infinite self - generating substance.» (firstthings.com)