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Word: Pagan
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin paganus ‘villager, rustic’, from pagus ‘country district’. Latin paganus also meant ‘civilian’, becoming, in Christian Latin, ‘heathen’ (i.e. one not enrolled in the army of Christ)
ˈpeɪɡ(ə)n
(especially in historical contexts) a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main or recognized religions
Short Definition:believer in religion other than main religions
Examples:- the incoming Germanic peoples were pagans
Word: Pagan
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈpeɪɡ(ə)n
(especially in historical contexts) holding or constituting religious beliefs other than those of the main or recognized religions
Short Definition:relating to pagans
Examples:- a pagan god
- ancient pagan rituals associated with spring
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