Heathen: alternatives and connections

Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious.

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Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious.

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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 w…

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One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.

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See Painim.

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One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

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One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

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Alt. of Ethnical

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One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

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Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.

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Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity.

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One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.