gentiledomn.
/ˈdʒɛntʌɪldəm/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛnˌtaɪldəm/ 1. With capital initial. The gentile world (gentile adj. 1, 2a); the parts of the world in which gentile beliefs and practices prevail.
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society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > gentile > [noun]
gentiledoma1638
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1664) i. 364 By Isles of the Gentiles are not meant indeed properly Islands, but Countries having many Islands lying about them..that is, Gentildome full of Islands.
1878 F. Ferguson Pop. Life Christ ii. xv. 305 Unvisited tracts of Gentiledom.
1908 Monist 18 590 Joseph (the patriarch that delivered his father and brethren in Egypt, that is in Gentiledom, outside of Zion).
2001 S. R. Wiest Stephen & Angel (Ph.D. diss., Marquette Univ.) ii. 127 St Luke wishes us to see the irony of providence in the nationality of the other apostles from Gentiledom.
2. The beliefs and practices of gentiles (gentile n. 1a, 2a); the state or condition of being a gentile.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun]
heathenessec900
heathenshipa1000
heathendomc1000
idolatrya1325
mammetryc1330
spiritual fornicationa1340
whoredomc1350
prepucya1382
miscreancea1393
imagery1395
gentility?a1425
paganismc1425
paganityc1450
prepucec1475
Mahometry1481
superstitiousness1526
uncircumcision1526
whoring1530
idolry1535
paynimhood1543
image-worshipping1544
paganrya1550
idololatry1550
gentilism1561
old religion1567
heathenishness1571
image worship1572
heathenry1577
irreligiousness?1577
idolatrousness1583
uncircumcisedness1583
irreligion1598
ethnicism1600
infidelity1603
superstition1603
heathenism1605
idolism1608
miscreancy1611
misreligion1623
Baalisma1625
iconolatry1624
idolomania1624
idolomany1624
idolizing1637
idol-worship1667
ethnicity1772
symbololatry1828
Baal-worship1834
irreligionism1843
gentiledom1844
triology1894
1844 J. K. Lord Dangers of Scholar 18 The spirit of heathenism, of Gentiledom, however attempered with natural religion.., is not the spirit of Christianity.
1976 French Hist. Stud. 9 487 In 1817 the family converted to Catholicism. For Gustave d'Eichthal Catholicism was not just a convenient passport to gentiledom. He embraced it with fervor.
2005 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 28 Jan. 30 The removal of the foreskin connotes the casting off of gentiledom, and symbolizes the separation of the Jew from the licentious practices (especially in the sexual realm) which characterized the pagan world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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