gentilismn.
/ˈdʒɛntᵻlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(t)əˌlɪzəm/ 1. † b. The pagan or heathen world or domain. Obsolete.
a. Paganism, heathenism. Also as a count noun: a pagan belief or practice. Occasionally: the beliefs and practices of people who do not adhere to the Jewish faith (see quot. 1885).
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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
1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lix. 393 (margin) Poperie hath reduced gentilisme [L. gentilismum].
a1602 W. Perkins Whole Treat. Cases of Conscience (1606) ii. xii. 367 The Masse..hath more affinitie with grosse Gentilisme, then with the Institution of our Sauiour Christ.
1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica iv. 172 Remember to bewaile your Gentilismes,..Your ancient-heresies, and moderne-Schismes.
1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata xi. 136 They had so long bewilder'd themselves in the Darkness and Errors of Gentilism.
1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 149 The insinuation, modification, or extirpation of gentilisms in the Christian church.
1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. i. iii. 239 The inward loss of Judaism was an inward attraction towards Gentilism.
1909 Monist 19 417 The Ophites engrafted Phrygian Judaism, and the Valentinians Gentilism, upon Christianity.
2006 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 67 595 An empirical ethnography of modern gentilism.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun] > person > plural and collective
heathenessec900
heathenc1000
paynimc1275
Barbarya1300
Saracen1303
payenyc1330
nationsa1382
paynimryc1384
ginga1400
heathenheada1400
payemy?a1400
paynimy1481
paganyc1515
gentility1546
paganism1605
gentilisma1638
pagandom1691
heathendom1860
heathenrya1890
a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) 54 The outmost court of the Temple of God should not onely be prophaned, but trodden downe by Gentilisme.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 469 It is wel known, in Gentilisme their Divines were Poets.
1854 J. Blanchard Destiny of Nations 13 The whole of Gentilism we see is to be shattered to pieces, and the kingdoms of this world are to become the kingdom of our Lord.
2. The relationship or bond which unites members of the same gens (gens n.). rare.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > bond or relationship
gentility1718
gentilism1847
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. x. 79 Gentilism is a tie by itself; distinct from the family ties.
1909 J. J. Ming Morality Mod. Socialism iv. ii. 272 In Rome gentilism was abolished by the constitution attributed to Servius Tullius.
1973 Orientalia 42 251 The roots of tribal autonomy are gentilism, topology and the tribe's military potential.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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