Word Meanings - HEATHEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

hethen, AS. h, prop. an adj. fr. h heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. h, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei, adj., Sw.

Additional info about word: HEATHEN

hethen, AS. h, prop. an adj. fr. h heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. h, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei, adj., Sw. heden, Goth. haipn, n. 1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater. 2. An irreligious person. If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox. The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Ps. ii. 8. Syn. -- Pagan; gentile. See Pagan.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HEATHEN)

• Pagan
• Heathen
• idolater
• Gentile

Related words: (words related to HEATHEN)

• PAGANISH
  Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. "The old paganish idolatry." Sharp
• HEATHENISHNESS
  The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.
• HEATHENRY
  1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. 2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
• HEATHENISM
  1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. 2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
• PAGANIC; PAGANICAL
  Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish. "The paganic fables of the goods." Cudworth. -- Pa*gan"ic*al*ly, adv.
• HEATHENISH
  1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton. 2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South. 3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
• PAGAN
  One who worships false goods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak. Syn. -- Gentile; heathen; idolater. -- Pagan,
• HEATHENIZE
  To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.
• HEATHENISHLY
  In a heathenish manner.
• PAGANITY
  The state of being a pagan; paganism. Cudworth.
• PAGANISM
  The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
• HEATHENDOM
  1. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively. 2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.
• PAGANLY
  In a pagan manner. Dr. H. More.
• GENTILESSE
  Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. Chaucer.
• HEATHENNESS
  State of being heathen or like the heathen.
• PAGANIZE
  To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism. Hallywell.
• HEATHEN
  hethen, AS. h, prop. an adj. fr. h heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. h, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei, adj., Sw.
• GENTILE-FALCON
  See FALCON-GENTIL
• PAGANDOM
  The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism.
• IDOLATER
  1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan. 2. An adorer; a great admirer. Jonson was an idolater of the ancients.
• NEOPAGANISM
  Revived or new paganism.
• PROPAGANDA
  A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions. The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623- 1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world. 2. Hence, any organization
• REPAGANIZE
  To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.
• SEMIPAGAN
  Half pagan.
• UNPAGANIZE
  To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character. Cudworth.