Pagan

Pa′gan

(pā′gan)

,

Noun.

[L.

paganus

a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr.

paganus

of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr.

pagus

a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf.

pangere

to fasten. Cf.

,

, and

, also

.]

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

Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian,

pagan

, nor man.

Shakespeare

Syn. – Gentile; heathen; idolater.

–

Pagan

,

Gentile

,

Heathen

. Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry.

Pa′gan

,

Adj.

[L.

paganus

of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See

Pagan

,

Noun.

]

Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous,

as,

pagan

tribes or superstitions

.

And all the rites of

pagan

honor paid.

Dryden.

Pagan

PA'GAN

,

Noun.

[L. paganus, a peasant or countryman, from pagus, a village.] A heathen; a Gentile; an idolater; one who worships false gods. This word was originally applied to the inhabitants of the country, who on the first propagation of the christian religion adhered to the worship of false gods, or refused to receive christianity, after it had been received by the inhabitants of the cities. In like manner, heather signifies an inhabitant of the heath or woods, and caffer, in Arabic, signifies the inhabitant of a hut or cottage, and one that does not receive the religion of Mohammed. Pagan is used to distinguish one from a Christian and a Mohammedan.

PA'GAN

,

Adj.

Heathen; heathenish; Gentile; noting a person who worships false gods.

1.

Pertaining to the worship of false gods.

păgân

See also: pagan and Pagan

Romanian

Adjective

păgân m, n ‎(feminine singular păgână, masculine plural păgâni, feminine and neuter plural păgâne)

pagan, heathen

Declension

declension of păgân

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	păgân		păgână	păgâni	păgâne
nominative/ accusative	definite	păgânul		păgâna	păgânii	păgânele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	păgân		păgâne	păgâni	păgâne
genitive/ dative	definite	păgânului		păgânei	păgânilor	păgânelor

Noun

păgân m ‎(plural păgâni)

pagan, heathen
cruel or wicked person

Declension

declension of păgân

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) păgân	păgânul	(niște) păgâni	păgânii
genitive/dative	(unui) păgân	păgânului	(unor) păgâni	păgânilor
vocative	păgânule		păgânilor

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