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[ˈhiːðn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do
(e.g: my brother and I were raised, as my grandma puts it, as heathens)
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Origin
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Old English hǣthen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heiden and German Heide; generally regarded as a specifically Christian use of a Germanic adjective meaning ‘inhabiting open country’, from the base of heath
[ˈhiːðn], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- relating to heathens
(e.g: heathen practices)
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Origin
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Old English hǣthen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heiden and German Heide; generally regarded as a specifically Christian use of a Germanic adjective meaning ‘inhabiting open country’, from the base of heath
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