Word Meanings - ETHNICISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. "Taint of ethnicism." B. Jonson.

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• ETHNICISM
  Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. "Taint of ethnicism." B. Jonson.
• IDOLATRY
  L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah. Milton. 2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love
• TAINTWORM
  A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
• 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.
• TAINTURE
  Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. Shak.
• TAINTLESSLY
  In a taintless manner.
• 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.
• TAINT
  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. Chapman. 2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance
• TAINTLESS
  Free from taint or infection; pure.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• NEOPAGANISM
  Revived or new paganism.
• CERTAINTY
  Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
• HYDRA-TAINTED
  Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly. Cowper.
• TRAVEL-TAINTED
  Harassed; fatigued with travel. Shak.
• ATTAINT
  To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone. (more info) ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4,
• ATTAINTMENT
  Attainder; attainture; conviction.
• INCERTAINTY
  Uncertainty. Shak.
• ATTAINTURE
  Attainder; disgrace.