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pagan

/pey-guhn/US // ˈpeɪ gən //UK // (ˈpeɪɡən) //

异教徒,异教,異教徒

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
    • : a member of a religious, spiritual, or cultural community based on the worship of nature or the earth; a neopagan.
    • : Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim; a heathen.an irreligious or hedonistic person.an uncivilized or unenlightened person.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of pagans.
    • : Disparaging and Offensive. relating to the worship or worshipers of any religion that is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Muslim.irreligious or hedonistic. uncivilized or unenlightened.

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Examples

  • In a straightforward way, it shows the pagan and the Christian worlds in confrontation, the way they were in the time of the legend.

  • So she did this pagan ceremony, blessing the cameras and the sound equipment.

  • They still have pagan holidays, a lot like Scandinavian countries.

  • The trouble for Ded Moroz and his granddaughter sidekick, who originate from pagan Slavic mythology, began with the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.

  • A Druid shrine and then a pagan temple dedicated to Jupiter, the chief of the Roman gods, are believed to have stood on this spot.

  • A second uniformed cop, 29-year-old Police Officer Roberto Pagan, has arrived.

  • The demonic ‘anti-Santa’ enjoys an unlikely renaissance as we learn to embrace our inner pagan.

  • And likewise the Easter bunny, a bizarre pagan myth if ever one there was.

  • Yet most people outside that little circle still believe in witches and ghosts and goblins, and are very pagan-minded.

  • On Tuesday, it was Hector Pagan, ex-husband of Mob Wives star Renee Graziano.

  • I am an easiful old pagan, and I am not angry with you at all—you funny, little champion of the Most High.

  • Although nearly two hundred inscriptions have been discovered, not one of either pagan or Christian character has been met with.

  • The loftiest pagan philosophy dwindled into insignificance before the sublimity of Christian hope.

  • A traveller ordinarily feels as safe in a highly-civilized pagan community as in a Christian city.

  • There was one device of oath-taking, half pagan and half barbaric, which but very slowly relaxed its hold on Christian Europe.