heathendom
English
noun
Definitions
- The state of being heathen.
- From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion.
- (dated) Specifically, the non-Christian world; territories where Christianity is not the dominant religion.
- (paganism) The worldwide community that follows Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hæthendom inherited from Old English hǣþendōm affix from English heathen.
Origin
English
heathen
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heathen English
- heatheness English
- heathenesse English
- heathenhood English
- heathenise English
- heathenish English
- heathenism English
- heathenistic English
- heathenization English
- heathenize English
- heathenly English
- heathenness English
- heathenry English
- heathenship English
- -n- German
- -tum German
- Heide German
- Heidentum German
- Neuheidentum German
- heiden Dutch, Flemish
- heidendom Dutch, Flemish
- hǣþendōm Old English
- hethen Middle English
- hæthendom Middle English
- heidijndoem Middle Dutch
- mohetene Southern Sotho