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Heathen Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Heathen? [n] a person who does not acknowledge your God [adj] not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam Synonyms \| Synonyms for Heathen: gentile \| heathenish \| infidel \| irreligious \| pagan \| pagan Related Terms \| Find terms related to Heathen: agnostic \| allotheist \| allotheistic \| animist \| animistic \| atheist \| atheistic \| barbarian \| barbaric \| barbarous \| bibliolatrous \| bookless \| chthonian \| deceived \| disbeliever \| disbelieving \| doubting \| ethnic \| faithless \| fetishistic \| functionally illiterate \| gentile \| godless \| Gothic \| grammarless \| heathenish \| heretic \| heretical \| hoodwinked \| idol worshiping \| idolater \| idolatress \| idolatric \| idolatrical \| idolatrous \| idolistic \| ill-educated \| illiterate \| infidel \| infidelic \| irreligious \| led astray \| lowbrow \| minimifidian \| misinformed \| misinstructed \| mistaught \| nonbeliever \| nonintellectual \| nullifidian \| pagan \| paganish \| paganistic \| pagano-Christian \| pantheistic \| Philistine \| polytheist \| polytheistic \| primitive \| profane \| rude \| savage \| sceptic \| sceptical \| secularist \| unbeliever \| unbelieving \| unbooked \| unbookish \| unbooklearned \| unbriefed \| unchristian \| uncivilized \| uncultivated \| uncultured \| unedified \| uneducated \| unenlightened \| unerudite \| unguided \| uninstructed \| unintellectual \| unlearned \| unlettered \| unliterary \| unread \| unrefined \| unscholarly \| unschooled \| unstudious \| untaught \| untutored \| zoolatrous See Also \| idol worshiper \| idolater \| idoliser \| idolizer \| nonreligious person \| paynim Heathen In Webster's Dictionary \Hea"then\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Heathens}or collectively {Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS. h??en, prop. an adj. fr. h?? heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. h??in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei?inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth. haipn?, n. fem. See {Heath}, and cf. {Hoiden}.] 1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater. 2. An irreligious person. If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. --V. Knox. {The heathen}, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. --Ps. ii. 8. Syn: Pagan; gentile. See {Pagan}. \Hea"then\, a. 1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. ``The heathen philosopher.'' ``All in gold, like heathen gods.'' --Shak. 2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish. 3. Irreligious; scoffing.

Heathen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Heathen?

[n] a person who does not acknowledge your God
[adj] not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Heathen In Webster's Dictionary

\Hea"then\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Heathens}or collectively
{Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS. h??en, prop. an adj. fr. h??
heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or
on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus
village); akin to OS. h??in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G.
heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei?inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth.
haipn?, n. fem. See {Heath}, and cf. {Hoiden}.]
1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or
   those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true
   God; a pagan; an idolater.

2. An irreligious person.

         If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may
         preach it and they may hear it, and yet both
         continue unconverted heathens.        --V. Knox.

{The heathen}, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all
   people except the Jews; now used of all people except
   Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans.

         Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
         thine inheritance.                    --Ps. ii. 8.

Syn: Pagan; gentile. See {Pagan}.


\Hea"then\, a.
1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. ``The heathen
   philosopher.'' ``All in gold, like heathen gods.'' --Shak.

2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.

3. Irreligious; scoffing.

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