pagan
31pagan — /ˈpeɪgən / (say payguhn) noun 1. a follower of an ancient polytheistic or pantheistic religion or set of beliefs. 2. a. one of a people or community professing some other than the Christian religion (applied to the ancient Romans, Greeks, etc.,… …
32pagan — [14] The history of pagan is a bizarre series of semantic twists and turns that takes it back ultimately to Latin pāgus (source also of English peasant). This originally meant ‘something stuck in the ground as a landmark’ (it came from a base… …
33pagan — 1. adjective /ˈpeɪɡən/ a) relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non biblical religions, especially earlier polytheism. Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints. b) savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild …
34Pagan — This name derives from the personal name Pagen , popularly Paine or Payn(e). It comes from the Old French paien or Latin paganus originally meaning a villager or rustic , and later a heathen. As a personal name it is first recorded in the… …
35pagan — adj. Pagan is used with these nouns: ↑belief, ↑cult, ↑deity, ↑festival, ↑god, ↑goddess, ↑religion, ↑ritual, ↑sacrifice, ↑superstition, ↑symbolism, ↑ …
36pagan — sf., din b., İng. pagan Çok tanrılı dinden olan (kimse), payen …
37pagan — obsolete a prostitute Prostitution was no occupation for the upright: Prince Henry What pagan may that be? Page A proper gentlewoman. (Shakespeare, 1 Henry IV) …
38pagan — [ peɪg(ə)n] noun a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. adjective relating to pagans or their beliefs. Derivatives paganish adjective paganism noun paganize or paganise verb Word History …
39pagan — 1. noun pagans worshiped the sun Syn: heathen, infidel, idolater, idolatress; archaic paynim 2. adjective the pagan festival Syn: heathen, ungodly, irreligious, infidel, idolatrous …
40pagan — [ˈpeɪgən] adj relating to any religion that is not one of the main religions of the world pagan noun [C] …
