The quality or condition of being heathen; the belief and practice of the heathen; heathenism.

Heathenism, heathendom.

The belief and practice of the heathen; = heathenism, n. 1.

The worship of idols or images ‘made with hands’; more generally, the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object.

The worship of images; idolatry. Also depreciative: non-Christian religious practice, ‘false’ religion. Now archaic and English regional.

figurative; esp. in Scripture: The forsaking of God for idols; idolatry; also, spiritual fornication.

figurative. Sin, corruption; the action or practice of debasing oneself, compromising one's principles, etc., for profit or advantage. In biblical…

The foreskin. Also in extended use: the state of being uncircumcised, uncircumcision.

False belief or faith; lack of belief; (formerly) spec. paganism or heresy.

The use of images in worship; idolatry. Obsolete.

Pagan or heathen belief, doctrine, or practice; the state of being a pagan or heathen; paganism, heathenism. Obsolete.

A religion other than one of the main religions of the world; spec. a non-Christian or pre-Christian religion, esp. considered as ancient or…

Paganism; the condition or quality of being pagan.

Theology. The state of the uncircumcised; uncircumcision. Obsolete.

The Muslim religion, Islam. In the 16th cent. sometimes: idolatry.

The quality or character of being superstitious.

(un-, prefix1 affix 6.)

The action or an act of whore, v.; fornication, sexual promiscuity. Also figurative. In early use spec. in biblical context, chiefly in to go a wh…

= idolatry, n.

paganism.

Image worship, idolatry.

Paganism; pagan condition or practice. Later also (with plural agreement): pagans collectively.

= idolatry, n.

Paganism, heathenism. Also as a count noun: a pagan belief or practice. Occasionally: the beliefs and practices of people who do not adhere to the…

a religion or belief which is replaced or ousted by another, spec. (a) a pre-Christian religion; (b) witchcraft or paganism; (c) Roman Catholicism.

Heathenish quality or condition; barbarity.

The worship of images; idolatry.

Heathen belief, practice, or custom; heathen character or quality; heathenism.

The quality of being irreligious; ungodliness; †adherence to a false religion (obsolete).

the quality or condition of being idolatrous.

Want of religion; hostility to or disregard of religious principles; irreligious conduct.

depreciative. Heathenism, paganism; heathenish superstition; an instance of this. Obsolete.

Islam; heathenism (cf. infidel, n. 2). Obsolete. rare.

A religious system considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based on fear or ignorance; a false, pagan, or idolatrous religion.

The religious or moral system of heathens; heathen practice or belief; paganism.

The practice of idolatry.

False belief, heresy; = miscreance, n.1 1. Obsolete.

False religion; an example of this.

The worship of Baal; idolatry.

The worship of images.

an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry.

The worship of idols.

Paganism, heathen superstition. Obsolete. rare.

Worship of or excessive veneration for symbols (in any sense). Also symbolatry, n.

General attributive as in Baal-priest, Baal-worship.

A system of irreligion; irreligious theory.

The beliefs and practices of gentiles (gentile, n. 1a 2a); the state or condition of being a gentile.

A doctrine or system of three or a triad.