pagan

(pā'gən)
n.

1. An adherent of a polytheistic religion in antiquity, especially when viewed in contrast to an adherent of a monotheistic religion.
2. A Neopagan.
3. Offensive.
   1. One who has no religion.
   2. An adherent of a religion other than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
4. A hedonist.

[Middle English, from Late Latin pāgānus, from Latin, country-dweller, civilian, from pāgus, country, rural district.]

pagan pa'gan adj.
pagandom pa'gan·dom (-dəm) n.
paganish pa'gan·ish adj.
paganism pa'gan·ism n.

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In Roman times a pagus was the smallest unit of land in a country district; pagans were those who followed the beliefs and religions of the countryside rather than the officially recognized cults. When Christianity was adopted as the official religion in the Roman empire, pagans were those who continued local traditions and were thus represented as heathens.

IN BRIEF: A person who believes in many gods or no god at all.

Halloween has its roots in a pagan ritual of the Celts in the 5th century B.C.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hedning
adj. - hedensk

Nederlands (Dutch)
heiden, heidens

Français (French)
n. - païen
adj. - païen

Deutsch (German)
n. - Heide
adj. - heidnisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ειδωλολάτρης, πολυθεϊστής, εθνικός
adj. - ειδωλολατρικός

Italiano (Italian)
pagano

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - pagão

Русский (Russian)
язычник, языческий

Español (Spanish)
n. - pagano, infiel, persona de creencias paganas
adj. - pagano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hedning
adj. - hednisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
异教徒, 无宗教信仰者, 异教的, 不信教的, 非基督教的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 異教徒, 無宗教信仰者
adj. - 異教的, 不信教的, 非基督教的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이교도, 무종교자, 미개인
adj. - 무종교의, 이교도의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 異教徒, 不信心者
adj. - 異教の, 不信心の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ملحد, وثني (صفه) وثني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עובד כוחות-הטבע, עובד אלילים, פרא‬
adj. - ‮עובד אלילים, פרא‬

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