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Definition of Heathenry
1. n. The state, quality, or character of the heathen.
Definition of Heathenry
1. Proper noun. The old Germanic (e.g. Norse, Anglo-Saxon etc.) religions, taken collectively. ¹
2. Proper noun. Modern reconstructions of these faiths, taken collectively. ¹
3. Noun. the state of being heathen ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heathenry
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heathenry
Literary usage of Heathenry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-worship by James Branch Cabell (1913)
"9- How Time Sped in Heathenry ON the next, day Melicent was removed to more
magnificent apartments, and she was lodged in a lofty and spacious pavilion, ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Heathenry, heathenism. Are you eo besotted with your philosophy, and your heathenry,
and your laziness, and your contempt for God and man, that you will see ..."
3. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome by Richard Francis Burton (1864)
"The gift was received by the heathenry crouching on the ground, and uttering a
curious noise, likest to feline purring, whilst the True Believers again ..."
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