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heathendom
  1. The state of being heathen.
  2. From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion.
  3. (dated) Specifically, the non-Christian world; territories where Christianity is not the dominant religion.
  4. (paganism) The worldwide community that follows Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “There is no hope or possibility of advance on the side of any of the old forms of heathendom.”
      “To be able to show, as the firstfruits of his mission, the very champion of heathendom!”
      “How gross heathendom can be our missionaries from time to time reveal to us.”
heathen
  1. A person who does not follow a Christian religion; a pagan.
  2. (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I won't have him fighting and stealing and lying like a soulless heathen from the depths of Hades!”
      “Simon clawed at her like a brutish heathen.”
heathenhood
  1. Heathendom
  2. The state or condition of being a heathen.
heathenishness
  1. The state or quality of being heathenish.
heathenism
  1. paganism, heathendom
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    1. “[…] they urge all followers of the Prophet to return to an authentic Islam, devoid of heathenism and innovations.”
      “In fact the philosophers exercised more spiritual influence than the priests of Roman heathenism.”
      “Throughout history the tattoo bears the mark of paganism, demonism, Baal worship, shamanism, mysticism, heathenism, cannibalism and just about every other pagan belief known.”
heatheness
heathenization
  1. The process of making heathen.
heathenry
  1. The state of being heathen.
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    1. “In the simpler case of northern heathenry the civilization spread with a simplier progress.”
      “Even the square stone tower of the church looked northern to the point of heathenry, as if it were some barbaric tower among the sea rocks of Iceland.”
      “As to verse and metre, modern Heathenry like its ancient counterpart has enjoyed the use of alliterative verse or stave rhyme.”
heathenness
  1. Quality of being heathen.
heathenship
heathenesse
  1. (obsolete) heathendom
heathenizations
  1. plural of heathenization
heathenships
heathenisms
heathendoms
heathenesses
  1. plural of heatheness
heathenries
heathens
  1. plural of heathen
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  3. Examples:
    1. “While Mother rises virtuously early for sacristan duties at Little Saint Mary's church, we heathens opt for an indolent morning with the papers.”
      “Modern apologists slanderously depict the Meccan heathens as fanatics intolerant of Mohammed's innovative cult.”
      “We do not know how much he made lecturing the rest of us heathens on morality.”
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