Of or relating to the heathen. Now rare.

Of an individual or people: holding religious beliefs of a sort that are considered unenlightened, now esp. ones of a primitive or polytheistic…

Holding a wrong belief or false religion; heretical; infidel, heathen.

Foreign nationality; esp. non-Christian, i.e. Saracen or pagan nationality; heathenism. concrete. Non-Christian lands. Also attributive = Paynim. Obs…

Non-Christian or non-Jewish; heathen; = pagan, n. 1a.

Misbelieving, heretical; pagan, infidel. Obsolete (in later use archaic, frequently with overtones of sense A. 2).

Non-Christian; pagan.

= uncircumcised, adj.

figurative. Not spiritually chastened or purified; irreligious; heathen. Also absol.

Pagan, heathen. Now rare.

Heathen-like, heathenish, heathen.

= pagan, adj.; pre-Christian or non-Christian. Obsolete.

Of persons or things: unholy, or desecrating what is holy or sacred; unhallowed; ritually unclean or polluted; (esp. of religious rites) heathen…

Holding, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to any major or recognized religion, esp. the dominant religion of a…

Not Christian or Jewish; pagan, heathen; = ethnic, adj. 1. Also: †not characteristic of Christianity or Judaism, heathenish (obsolete). Now archaic.

= payen, adj.

Unbelieving, infidel; = miscreant, adj. 1. rare.

= heathen, adj. 1 Obsolete.

figurative. Sinful, corrupt; esp. (in biblical and religious use) idolatrous, unfaithful to the true God. Cf. whore, n. 2a.

Of or relating to nations, peoples, or cultures that are neither Christian nor Jewish; heathen, pagan. Cf. earlier ethnical, adj. Now archaic.

= heathenish, adj.

Addicted to idols, idolatrous.

Idolatrous.

Of, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to the dominant religion of a particular society; heathen. Now rare.

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of idolatry.

= idololatric, adj.

Of persons: Unbelieving; adhering to a false religion; pagan, heathen, etc. (Cf. the noun.)

Of or pertaining to idolatry; idolatrous.

Of, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian. Cf…

= paganic, adj.

Of or pertaining to idols or their worship; heathenish; also, idolatrous.

Heathen, heathenish.

Believing in, practising, or pertaining to a false religion. Obsolete.

= pagan, adj. 1a. Now rare.

Of or relating to those who do not subscribe to the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian; = gentilical, adj. Obs…

Idolatrous. (Old French idolastre, French idolâtre, primarily adj.)

Characteristic of or relating to those who do not subscribe to the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian. Obsolete.

Heathen.

That worships images, idolatrous.

Falsely religious. (In quot. 1623 as n. with the: falsely religious people as a class.)

Muslim; heathen. Obsolete. rare.

That gentilizes; that causes a person or thing to be or become gentile (gentile, adj. 1 2a) in character or nature; (also) that becomes gentile.

= idolatrous, adj.

Unbelieving; infidel; of the nature of infidelity; characteristic of infidels.

of Baal or Baalites.

Gentile. See nation, n.1 2a. Obsolete. rare.

= idolatrical, adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of pagans.

That is or has become gentile (gentile, adj. 1 2a) in nature or character.

Of or belonging to Baal; idolatrous. (In 17th cent. applied opprobriously to the Roman Catholic worship; so with the three following.)

Idolatrous.

That is a half-believer.

Used for: Pagan, heathen.

Resembling or befitting a pagan or paganism; †primitive, savage (obsolete).

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

In Jewish usage: non-Jewish; belonging to or characteristic of non-Jews. Cf. goy, n.