26984 words

pagan

6 definitions • 8 examples
1
belonging or relating to a religion that worships many gods, especially one that existed before the main world religions:

Examples:

a pagan religion
The Easter egg has both pagan and Christian origins.
2
belonging or relating to a modern religion that includes beliefs and activities that are not from any of the main religions of the world, for example the worship of nature:

Examples:

The wedding was a pagan ceremony held in a forest.
a pagan festival
3
a person who belongs to a religion that worships many gods, especially one that existed before the main world religions:

Examples:

Originally pagans, the Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic people who invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries.
4
a person who has no religious beliefs:
5
a person who belongs to a modern religion that includes beliefs and activities that are not from any of the main religions of the world, for example the worship of nature:

Examples:

They are trying to stop some pagans from doing a nature ceremony.
It is the nonjudgmental nature of pagans that drew her to them.
6
belonging to or used in a religion that worships many gods:

Examples:

Those altars were used in pagan worship.

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