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==Noun==
*1. a. A [[person]] not subscribing to any major or recognized [[religion]], esp. the dominant [[religion]] of a particular [[society]]; spec. a heathen, a non-Christian, esp. considered as savage, uncivilized, etc. Now chiefly hist.
:b. A follower of a pantheistic or [[nature]]-[[worship]]ping [[religion]]; esp. a neopagan.
*2. In extended use.
:a. euphem. A [[prostitute]]. Obs.
:b. A [[person]] of unorthodox, uncultivated or backward [[belief]]s, [[taste]]s, etc.; a person who has not been converted to the current [[Mainstream|dominant]] views of a [[society]], [[group]], etc.; an uncivilized or unsocialized person, esp. a child.
==Adjective==
*1. a. Holding, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to any major or recognized [[religion]], esp. the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian or pre-Christian (usually with connotations of savagery or primitiveness). Now chiefly hist.
:b. Pantheistic, nature-worshipping; (now) esp. neopagan.
*2. In extended use: immoral, spiritually lacking; uncivilized, backward, savage.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Noun==
*1. a. A [[person]] not subscribing to any major or recognized [[religion]], esp. the dominant [[religion]] of a particular [[society]]; spec. a heathen, a non-Christian, esp. considered as savage, uncivilized, etc. Now chiefly hist.
:b. A follower of a pantheistic or [[nature]]-[[worship]]ping [[religion]]; esp. a neopagan.
*2. In extended use.
:a. euphem. A [[prostitute]]. Obs.
:b. A [[person]] of unorthodox, uncultivated or backward [[belief]]s, [[taste]]s, etc.; a person who has not been converted to the current [[Mainstream|dominant]] views of a [[society]], [[group]], etc.; an uncivilized or unsocialized person, esp. a child.
==Adjective==
*1. a. Holding, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to any major or recognized [[religion]], esp. the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian or pre-Christian (usually with connotations of savagery or primitiveness). Now chiefly hist.
:b. Pantheistic, nature-worshipping; (now) esp. neopagan.
*2. In extended use: immoral, spiritually lacking; uncivilized, backward, savage.
[[Category: General Reference]]
