† heathenshipn.
Obsolete or archaic.
1. Heathenism, heathendom.
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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
a1000 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 634 For þan heðenscipe þe hi drugon.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 504 Martinus..awende his moder of manfullum hæðenscipe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7416 Hengestes laȝen..& his hæðene-scipe þæ he hider brohte.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6044 & summe heo Godd wið-soken. & to haðene-scipe [c1300 Otho heþen-sipe] token.
1832 Thorpe tr. Cædmon Par. 229 And would not swerve from the Lord of hosts..into heathenship.]
2. Gentilism; uncircumcision. rare literalism.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. vii. C Yf eny man be called beynge circumcysed let him take no Heythenshippe vpon him. Yf eny man be called in the Heythenshippe, let him not be circumcysed.
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