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Pagan Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pagan? [n] a person who does not acknowledge your God [adj] not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pagan: gentile \| heathen \| heathen \| heathenish \| infidel \| irreligious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pagan: allotheist \| allotheistic \| animist \| animistic \| atheist \| atheistic \| barbarous \| bibliolatrous \| bookless \| chthonian \| deceived \| disbeliever \| disbelieving \| ethnic \| faithless \| fetishistic \| functionally illiterate \| Gentile \| Gothic \| grammarless \| heathen \| heathenish \| hoodwinked \| idol worshiping \| idolater \| idolatric \| idolatrical \| idolatrous \| idolistic \| ill-educated \| illiterate \| infidel \| infidelic \| led astray \| lowbrow \| minimifidian \| misinformed \| misinstructed \| mistaught \| nonbeliever \| nonintellectual \| nullifidian \| paganish \| paganistic \| pagano-Christian \| Philistine \| polytheist \| polytheistic \| profane \| rude \| secularist \| unbeliever \| unbelieving \| unbooked \| unbookish \| unbooklearned \| unbriefed \| unchristian \| uncultivated \| uncultured \| unedified \| uneducated \| 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 Pagan In Webster's Dictionary \Pa"gan\ (p[=a]"gan), n. [L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. {Painim}, {Peasant}, and {Pact}, also {Heathen}.] One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. --Shak. Syn: Gentile; heathen; idolater. Usage: {Pagan}, {Gentile}, {Heathen}. Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry. \Pa"gan\, a. [L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See {Pagan}, n.] Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. And all the rites of pagan honor paid. --Dryden.

Pagan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pagan?

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

Pagan In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa"gan\ (p[=a]"gan), n. [L. paganus a countryman,
peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to
the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district,
canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed
boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. {Painim}, {Peasant},
and {Pact}, also {Heathen}.]
One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who
is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.

      Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait
      of Christian, pagan, nor man.            --Shak.

Syn: Gentile; heathen; idolater.

Usage: {Pagan}, {Gentile}, {Heathen}. Gentile was applied to
       the other nations of the earth as distinguished from
       the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the
       early Christian church, because the villagers, being
       most remote from the centers of instruction, remained
       for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same
       origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and
       uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who
       practice idolatry.


\Pa"gan\, a. [L. paganus of or pertaining to the country,
pagan. See {Pagan}, n.]
Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the
worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan
tribes or superstitions.

      And all the rites of pagan honor paid.   --Dryden.

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