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gentilism|ˈdʒɛntɪlɪz(ə)m|
[f. gentile n. + -ism.]
1. Heathenism, paganism; a heathen belief or practice. Obs. exc. as used occas. in opposition to Judaism.
1577Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 214 Licinnius, famous..for his fond opinions in gentilisme, hated y⊇ Christians. a1592H. Smith Arrow agst. Atheists (1593) I 1 b, Mahomets Religion is a patched religion, mixt partly with Judaism, partly with Gentilism. a1602W. Perkins Cases Consc. (1619) 214 The Masse..hath more affinitie with grosse Gentilisme, then with the Institution of our Sauiour Christ. 1645Wither Vox Pacif. 172 Remember to bewaile your Gentilismes. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. x. (1702) 238 It appears in the whole history of Gentilism. 1776R. Chandler Trav. Greece (1825) II. 57 The extirpation of gentilism at Athens seems to have been accomplished by Alaric and his Goths. a1817T. Dwight Trav. New Eng. etc. (1821) I. 127 The Spaniards in their furious zeal against Gentilism..destroyed a great multitude of these pictures. 1844S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 149 The insinuation, modification, or extirpation of gentilisms in the Christian church. 1885J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. I. i. iii. 239 The inward loss of Judaism was an inward attraction towards Gentilism.
†b. concr. The gentile or heathen world; heathendom. Obs.
a1638Mede Apost. Lat. Times x. Wks. (1672) iii. 648 The outmost Court of the Temple of God should not only be prophaned, but troden down by Gentilism. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 469 It is wel known, in Gentilisme their Divines were Poets.
2. The bond uniting together the members of the same gens. rare.
1847Grote Greece ii x. III. 79 Gentilism is a tie by itself, distinct from the family ties. 1881L. H. Morgan Houses & Ho.-Life N. Amer. Aborig. 38 Gentilism arrested usurpation. |