Word Meanings - ETHNIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A heathen; a pagan. No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.

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• ETHNICISM
  Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. "Taint of ethnicism." B. Jonson.
• PAGANISH
  Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. "The old paganish idolatry." Sharp
• ETHNICALLY
  In an ethnical manner.
• HEATHENISHNESS
  The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.
• HEATHENRY
  1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. 2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
• HEATHENISM
  1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. 2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
• PAGANIC; PAGANICAL
  Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish. "The paganic fables of the goods." Cudworth. -- Pa*gan"ic*al*ly, adv.
• BETTERMOST
  Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
• HEATHENISH
  1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton. 2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South. 3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
• PAGAN
  One who worships false goods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak. Syn. -- Gentile; heathen; idolater. -- Pagan,
• IMPURE
  Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. (more info) 1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water
• HEATHENIZE
  To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.
• ETHNIC
  A heathen; a pagan. No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.
• HEATHENISHLY
  In a heathenish manner.
• REPORTAGE
  SAme as Report.
• PAGANITY
  The state of being a pagan; paganism. Cudworth.
• PAGANISM
  The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
• BETTERMENT
  An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. Bouvier. (more info) 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.
• HEATHENDOM
  1. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively. 2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.
• BETTERNESS
  1. The quality of being better or superior; superiority. Sir P. Sidney. 2. The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
• MISREPORT
  To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
• HOLETHNIC
  Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race. The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy.
• NEOPAGANISM
  Revived or new paganism.
• ABETTER; ABETTOR
  One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. Note: The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. Syn. -- Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An abettor
• PROPAGANDA
  A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions. The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623- 1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world. 2. Hence, any organization
• REPAGANIZE
  To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.
• SEMIPAGAN
  Half pagan.