单词 | unpagan |
释义 | unpaganadj. rare before mid 19th cent. Not pagan; contrary to pagan beliefs or practices. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective] > not unpagan1614 unidolatrous1841 1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue ii. 452 The Lord Marshall..Transporteth speedy, neer Bethulia's side, Th' un-pagan Pagan. 1856 R. Bulwer-Lytton Very Successful! II. vi. 176 It is impossible for us, nominally unpagan moderns to lend our minds to notions so irrational and absurd. 1899 Literature 11 Aug. 113/2 He [sc. Virgil] little dreamed that feminine novelists of coming unpagan ages would seize upon that amorous ambuscading of pious Æneas. 1947 C. Brooks Well Wrought Urn iv. 69 He makes the ominous, unpagan word ‘sin’ run throughout the poem. 2006 B. Day Mod. Pagan vi. 203 Wasting natural or garden harvest is thoroughly unpagan in its disrespect for the effort and resources consumed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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