heathen
IPA: hˈiðʌn
noun
- A pagan; someone who is neither Christian nor Jewish (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)
- (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
- An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.
- Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry). [An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.]
adjective
- Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
- (by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
- Pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry.
- Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry). [Pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry.]
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Examples of "heathen" in Sentences
- He loves righteousness and judges the heathen.
- The doctrine of atonement is of heathen origin.
- Pagan, Heathen, Idolater, all refer to non Christians.
- 'Heathen theology' is chiefly polytheistic and pantheistic.
- Persians have been called the Puritans of the heathen world.
- But the dance was forbidden by the missionaries as too heathen.
- At the highest point in the village, there was a heathen temple.
- He was the god of the common people within the heathen community.
- The present day cathedral was not built on the site of the heathen temple.
- Its destruction marked the Christianisation of the heathen tribes by the Franks.
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