Asked by Bob

Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans.”

All European visitors were struck by the Oba’s position as both the spiritual and the secular head of the kingdom, and the Benin brass plaques are principally concerned with praising him.

What context clue provides an antonym for the word secular?

“visitors”
“spiritual”
“kingdom”
“concerned”

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
“spiritual”

Explanation: In the phrase “both the spiritual and the secular,” “spiritual” serves as the antonym of “secular” (secular = nonreligious; spiritual = religious).