Pagan

Word PAGAN
Character 5
Hyphenation pa gan
Pronunciations /ˈpeɪɡən/

Definitions and meanings of "Pagan"

What do we mean by pagan?

An adherent of a polytheistic religion in antiquity, especially when viewed in contrast to an adherent of a monotheistic religion. noun

A Neopagan. noun

One who has no religion. noun

An adherent of a religion other than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. noun

A hedonist. noun

One who is not a Christian or a member of a Christian community; in a later narrower sense, one who does not worship the true God—that is, is not a Christian, a Jew, or a Mohammedan; a heathen. See the quotation from Trench; see also paynim. noun

A heathenish or ungodly person; in old slang, a prostitute. noun

Synonyms Heathen, etc. See gentile, n. noun

Pertaining to the worship or worshipers of any religion which is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Mohammedan; heathenish; irreligious.

Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, . adjective

One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. noun

Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism. adjective

Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild. adjective

A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan. noun

An uncivilized or unsocialized person noun

Especially an unruly, badly educated child. noun

Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures noun

A person who does not acknowledge your god noun

A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew) noun

A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.

(by extension) An uncivilized or unsocialized person.

(by extension) An unruly, badly educated child.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pagan

The word "pagan" in example sentences

The word pagan comes from the Latin word paganus, meaning “country dweller,” or peasant. ❋ Lauren Manoy (2002)

Linguistically, the word pagan derives from the Latin word "paganus", which means "a villager", or a "country dweller". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Caldigate should be what he called a pagan had been represented by Mr. Bromley to his friends as a great misfortune, and especially ❋ Unknown (2004)

In spite of the fact that he was an Asiatic by nature, he despised what he called the pagan ceremonies of the ritualists, and distrusted what he felt to be the atheistic tendency of science. ❋ Unknown (1906)

The worship of all other gods the Christians held to be sinful idol-worship, a deadly sin in the eyes of God, and they were willing to give up their lives rather than perform the simplest rite of what they termed pagan worship (R. 28). ❋ Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1904)

These are not peculiar to what we call pagan people. ❋ Unknown (1879)

That Mr. Caldigate should be what he called a pagan had been represented by Mr. Bromley to his friends as a great misfortune, and especially a misfortune to the squire himself. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

Other theories imply that the cross symbolizes the four quarters of the moon, important in pagan ritual. ❋ Sarah Lenz (2009)

And pagan is too generic, and I don't think appropriate for the story I need this for. ❋ Joshenglish (2008)

The word pagan simply means country-dweller, although many contemporary neo-pagans are urban dwellers, as were many pagans in classical times. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These favelas are populated by very poor outcasts from surrounding Mayan municipalities who were expelled from their communities because they converted to protestantism and refused to obey traditional village elders whose dogma was grounded in pagan/catholic tradition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The other bit of irony is that Beowulf was a story probably originally told in pagan times with a thin verneer of Christian rhetoric layed over the top sometime later. ❋ Wendigomountain (2007)

Curses are not remote in pagan antiquity nor lost as a means of expressing religious feeling. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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