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   Pa·gan

   /ˈpāɡ(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. (especially in historical contexts) a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main or recognized religions: "the incoming Germanic peoples were pagans"
   • ▪ a non-Christian.
   • ▪ an adherent of neopaganism.

   adjective

   • 1. (especially in historical contexts) holding or constituting religious beliefs other than those of the main or recognized religions: "a pagan god"
   • ▪ relating or adhering to a modern religious movement that seeks to incorporate beliefs or practices from outside the main world religions, especially nature worship; neopagan: "the winter solstice is a major pagan festival"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin paganus ‘villager, rustic’, from pagus ‘country district’. Latin paganus also meant ‘civilian’, becoming, in Christian Latin, ‘heathen’ (i.e. one not enrolled in the army of Christ).

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   • 1. paganish adjective

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   What is the difference between a pagan and a paganism?

   • A definition of a Pagan: A follower of a polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion. A definition of Paganism: A polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion. What Paganism Is Paganism is the ancestral religion of the whole of humanity.

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   What does pagan mean?

   • It is also sometimes used disapprovingly of someone who is not cultured; this use is also dated. In current use, pagan is most commonly used of someone who practices a contemporary form of paganism, such as Wicca, making the word synonymous with neo-pagan. But pagan also has meanings identical to those of heathen; in those uses it too is dated.

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   Is paganism still a Christian term?

   • Growing concerns about Eurocentrism and racial prejudice, coupled with the promotion of ecumenism and the interfaith movement, contributed to a declining use of the terms paganism and pagan among many Christians. It has nevertheless not disappeared altogether from the Christian lexicon.

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   What are the characteristics of a pagan religion?

   • Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick in their A History of Pagan Europe (1995) classify pagan religions as characterized by the following traits: Polytheism: Pagan religions recognise a plurality of divine beings, which may or may not be considered aspects of an underlying unity (the soft and hard polytheism distinction).

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   pagan: [adjective] of, relating to, or having the characteristics of pagans.

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   Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, [1] or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the time of the Roman Empire, individuals fell into the pagan class either because they were ...

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   Mar 29, 2024 · Paganism, Christian term used to designate those religions that do not worship the God of Abraham, the figure central to both Christianity and to other Abrahamic religions like Judaism and Islam. Christians have used the terms paganism and pagan, which typically carry pejorative connotations, to.

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   PAGAN definition: 1. belonging or relating to a religion that worships many gods, especially one that existed before…. Learn more.

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   paganism: [noun] pagan beliefs or practices. a pagan religion.

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   Pagan definition: (in historical contexts) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.. See examples of PAGAN used in a sentence.

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   Apr 21, 2024 · A definition of Paganism: A polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion. What Paganism Is. Paganism is the ancestral religion of the whole of humanity. This ancient religious outlook remains active throughout much of the world today, both in complex civilisations such as Japan and India, and in less complex tribal societies world-wide.