| 单词 | the heathen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe heathen b. The adjective plural, the heathen (cf. the faithful), is now collective; in the Old Testament = the Gentiles, or people who did not worship Jehovah, the God of the Jews. ΘΚΠ 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 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints (E.E.T.S.) II. 322 Þa hæþenan swa dydon. a1131 OE. Chron. anno 1128 Betwenen ða cristene and þa heðene. c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 51 And beuall þo haðene mid his leðre meneȝinges. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 21254 Þen come þe heiþen wiþ mikel wrange þat cristen men to pine was prest. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxviii[i]. 1 O God, ye Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras ii. 7 Scatred abrode amonge the Heithen. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1430 Spread his name Great among the Heathen round. View more context for this quotation 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 139 It would certainly be a greater self-denial to receive heathen among us, than to send missionaries to them. < as lemmas |
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