different between paganism vs mammetry

English

Etymology

From Latin p?g?nismus (“heathenism”), from p?g?nus (“peasant, rural, rustic”). The term was used pejoratively by early Muslims and Christians to belittle what remained of the native religions. Synchronically, pagan +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe???n?zm?/
• Hyphenation: pa?gan?ism

Noun

paganism (countable and uncountable, plural paganisms)

1. Any indigenous polytheistic religion.

   Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.

2. Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

   Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; Asatru,? Bahá'í Faith,? Buddhism,? Cao Dai,? Cheondoism,? Christianity,? deism,? Druidry,? Eckankar,? Flying Spaghetti Monsterism,? Heathenry,? Hinduism,? Islam,? Jainism,? Jediism,? Judaism,? Kimbanguism,? Odinism,? paganism,? Pastafarianism,? Raëlism,? Rastafarianism,? Shinto,? Sikhism,? Tamilism,? Taoism,? Thelema,? Unitarian Universalism,? Wicca,? Yazidism,? Yoruba,? Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Related terms

• pagan
• neo-paganism

Translations

See also

• Christianity
• heathen
• heathendom
• heathenism
• gentile

English

Alternative forms

• mawmetry, maumetry, mommetry

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman maumeterie, a reduced form of mahumetterie (“idolatry, heathendom”), from Mahumet (“Muhammad”), from Old French Mahomet, ultimately from Arabic ????????? (mu?ammad) (see Muhammad for more). Equivalent to mammet +? -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæm?t?i/

Noun

mammetry (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The religion of Muhammad: Islam.
2. (archaic) Idolatry; paganism.