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Definition of Pagan
1. Adjective. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
2. Noun. A person who does not acknowledge your god.
Generic synonyms: Nonreligious Person
Specialized synonyms: Paynim, Idol Worshiper, Idolater, Idoliser, Idolizer
Derivative terms: Gentile, Heathen, Paganize
3. Noun. A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew).
4. Noun. Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.
Generic synonyms: Sensualist
Specialized synonyms: Corinthian, Man-about-town, Playboy
Derivative terms: Hedonism, Hedonism
Definition of Pagan
1. n. One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.
2. a. Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions.
Definition of Pagan
1. Proper noun. ( male given name). ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism. ¹
3. Adjective. (by extension) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild. ¹
4. Noun. 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. ¹
5. Noun. (by extension) An uncivilized or unsocialized person ¹
6. Noun. Especially an unruly, badly educated child. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pagan
1. an irreligious person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pagan
Literary usage of Pagan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1901)
"Deep aversion might be felt toward the sinful and idolatrous pagan literature;
yet the impossibility of forbidding it was evident, when Christianity was ..."
2. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1911)
"Deep aversion might be felt toward the sinful and idolatrous pagan literature;
yet the impossibility of forbidding it was evident, when Christianity was ..."
3. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1901)
"Deep aversion might be felt toward the sinful and idolatrous pagan literature;
yet the impossibility of forbidding it was evident, when Christianity was ..."
4. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Josiah Conder (1844)
"But by this place Christian went without much danger, whereat I somewhat wondered ;
but I have learned since, that pagan has been dead many a day; ..."
5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"of pagan for obtaining a writ of error from the Supreme court of the US for ...
From this statement you will be able to judge whether pagan has bond fide ..."
6. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"of pagan for obtaining a writ of error from the Supreme court of the US for
revisal of ... From this statement you will be able to judge whether pagan has ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"pagan Literature and Christian Sentiment.—The bulk of the ancient stories and
some of the ancient poems were probably, as we have seen, committed to writing ..."
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