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Pagan

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

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Irreligious 84% connected

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

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Irreligious 84% connected

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

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Narrower term 4

Corinthian 76% connected

Of or relating to Corinth.

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Idolater 76% connected

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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Idolizer 76% connected

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

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Paynim 76% connected

See Painim.

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Sensualist 76% connected

One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness.

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Ethnic 74% connected

Alt. of Ethnical

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Ethnic 74% connected

Alt. of Ethnical

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Heathenish 74% connected

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

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Heathenish 74% connected

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

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Ethnic 92% connected

Alt. of Ethnical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gentile 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heathen 92% connected

of Heathen

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Heathenish 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Infidel 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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