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Heathen
Heathen Hea"then, a.
1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. ``The heathen
philosopher.' ``All in gold, like heathen gods.' --Shak.
2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
3. Irreligious; scoffing.
HeathenHeathen Hea"then (?; 277), n.; pl. Heathensor collectively
Heathen. [OE. hethen, AS. h??en, 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??in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G.
heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei?inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth.
haipn?, n. fem. See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.]
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. HeathenHeathen Hea"then (?; 277), n.; pl. Heathensor collectively
Heathen. [OE. hethen, AS. h??en, 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??in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G.
heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei?inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth.
haipn?, n. fem. See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.]
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.
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