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- DictionaryPa·gan·ism/ˈpāɡəˌniz(ə)m/
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- 1. a religion other than one of the main world religions, specifically a non-Christian or pre-Christian religion: "converts from paganism to Christianity"
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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, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the time of the Roman Empire, individuals fell into the pagan class either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian populati... Wikipedia