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  • 1Heathen — Hea then (h[=e] [th] n; 277), n.; pl. {Heathens} ( [th] nz) or collectively {Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS. h[=ae][eth]en, prop. an adj. fr. h[=ae][eth] heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf.… …

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  • 2Heathen — Hea then (h[=e] [th] n; 277), n.; pl. {Heathens} ( [th] nz) or collectively {Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS. h[=ae][eth]en, prop. an adj. fr. h[=ae][eth] heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf.… …

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  • 3heathen — [hē′thən] n. pl. heathens or heathen [ME hethen < OE hæthen < hæth, HEATH; like Goth haithnō, gentile (woman) < haithi, heath (hence lit., “heath dweller”) a loan transl. used by ULFILAS for LL(Ec) paganus (see PAGAN), taken in its L… …

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  • 4heathen — [adj] not believing in Christian god agnostic, atheistic, barbarian, godless, idolatrous, infidel, irreligious, nonbeliever, pagan, profane, skeptic; concept 545 Ant. godly, religious …

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  • 5Heathen holidays — The common holidays of Heathenism (black: main names; gray: alternative names; purple: minor common holidays). Further information: Germanic calendar Within Heathenry many holidays or tides are observed. Lesser holidays may vary considerably in… …

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  • 6heathen — heathendom, n. heathenhood, n. heathenness, n. heathenship, n. /hee dheuhn/, n., pl. heathens, heathen, adj. n. 1. an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor… …

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  • 7heathen — hea•then [[t]ˈhi ðən[/t]] n. pl. thens, then, adj. 1) rel an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible or Koran; pagan 2) an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person 3) rel of or pertaining to heathens; …

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  • 8God in Islam — In Islam, God is believed to be the only real supreme being, all powerful and all knowing Creator, Sustainer, Ordainer, and Judge of the universeGerhard Böwering, God and his Attributes , Encyclopedia of the Quran] John L. Esposito, Islam: The… …

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  • 9God — There are in the Bible ‘fools’ who do not believe in God (Ps. 14:1), not on the ground of considered rational argument but by reason of their depraved and selfish lives. The atheism therefore of modern existentialists like Jean Paul Sartre or… …

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  • 10god — (also God) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pagan ▪ Christian, Greek, Roman, etc. ▪ the Jewish God ▪ false …

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