heathen

[Hea·then]

If you don't believe in God or if you contradict other beliefs of a religion you are a heathen.

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An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.

Noun
a person who does not acknowledge your God

Adjective S.
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

pl.
of Heathen

n.
An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.

n.
An irreligious person.

a.
Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.

a.
Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.

a.
Irreligious; scoffing.

Heathen

Hea"then (?; 277), n.; pl. Heathens or collectively Heathen. [OE. hethen, AS. hen, prop. an adj. fr. h heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. hin, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. heiinn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth. haipn, n. fem. See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.] 1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater. 2. An irreligious person.

If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.

The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance.

Syn. -- Pagan; gentile. See Pagan.

Heathen

Hea"then , a. 1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. "The heathen philosopher." "All in gold, like heathen gods." Shak. 2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish. 3. Irreligious; scoffing.

An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.

Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.

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Usage Examples

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

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Other Usage Examples

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage.