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impious
English
Etymology
From Latin impius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mpi.?s/, /?m?pa??s/
Adjective
impious (comparative more impious, superlative most impious)
- Not pious.
- Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.
Synonyms
- irreverent
- ungodly
- unholy
Antonyms
- pious
Derived terms
- impiously
- impiousness
Related terms
- impiety
Translations
impious From the web:
- what is impetus mean
- what does impetus mean
- what does impious
- what does imperious mean
- what do impetus mean
- what is impious utterance
- what does impious utterance mean
- what does impetus mean in history
heathen
English
Etymology
From Middle English hethen, from Old English h?þen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz (“heathen, pagan”, adj), equivalent to heath (“heathland”) +? -en. Cognate with West Frisian heiden, Dutch heiden, Middle High German heiden, Swedish heden, Icelandic heiðinn. See also Proto-Germanic *haiduz, Old Norse heiðr (honour, bright, moor), Icelandic heiður (honour).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hi?ð?n/
- Rhymes: -i?ð?n
Adjective
heathen (not comparable)
- Not adhering to Christian religion (though usually excluding the Jews); pagan.
- (by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
- Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).
Translations
Noun
heathen (plural heathens or heathen)
- A person who does not follow a Christian religion; a pagan.
- V. Knox
- If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.
- 1930, H. E. Bolton, Anza's California expeditions (volume 1, page 403)
- On hearing his cries two heathen who were hunting on the lagoon ran up, and they were bold enough to try to avenge the injury, making ready to shoot arrows at the soldiers, who fired two gunshots just to frighten them […]
- V. Knox
- (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
- Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).
Coordinate terms
- (religionists) religionist; Baha'i,? Buddhist,? Christian,? deist,? Druid,? Eckist,? heathen,? Hindu,? Jain,? Jedi,? Jew,? Mormon,? Mormonist,? Muslim,? Odinist,? pagan,? Pastafarian,? Rastafarian,? Raëlian,? Shintoist,? Sikh,? Taoist,? Unitarian Universalist,? Yazidi,? Wiccan,? Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
Further reading
- heathen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
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- what heathen means in the bible
- what heathen are you
- what heathen means in spanish
- what heathen means in arabic
- what heathens believe
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