gentile
IPA: dʒˈɛntaɪɫ
noun
- A non-Jewish person.
- (Mormonism) A non-Mormon person.
- (grammar) A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.
- (Mormonism) A non-Mormon person (including Jews).
- Alternative letter-case form of gentile (a non-Jewish person). [A non-Jewish person.]
adjective
- Non-Jewish.
- Heathen, pagan.
- (Mormonism) Non-Mormon.
- Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
- Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
- (grammar) Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.
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Examples of "gentile" in Sentences
- The Gospel is to the Jew first and then the Gentile.
- In Shakespeare, the Jew is the victim of the gentile.
- Are proselyte and the Christian Gentile Church related
- Gentile was taught painting in the workshop of his father.
- Luke is the only gentile writer in the whole of the Bible.
- It is the probable birthplace of the composer Giovanni Gentile.
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