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Definition of infidel in English: infidelnoun ˈɪnfɪd(ə)l archaic A person who has no religion or whose religion is not that of the majority. a crusade against infidels and heretics Example sentencesExamples - He meant, I imagined, that they were sacrilegious infidels.
- Churches were running out of room, and infidels begged the religious community to pray to their God to save them.
- Particular emphasis is placed on not recognizing the holy days or national observances of the infidels.
- It does not believe that there are pagans and infidels waiting to be converted to a particular system of beliefs and ideas or a race of the damned waiting to be saved.
- So it was not only the scoffing of infidels which spread the conviction that the religious life of France needed comprehensive reform.
Synonyms unbeliever, disbeliever, non-believer, heathen, pagan, idolater, idolatress, heretic, agnostic, atheist, non-theist, nihilist, apostate, freethinker, libertine, dissenter, nonconformist archaic paynim rare nullifidian
adjective ˈɪnfɪd(ə)l archaic Adhering to a religion other than that of the majority. Example sentencesExamples - Seventy years ago, before our country was rich, our people went to those infidel countries to work; our own people earned money there to support their families here.
- The new objects were dismissed by Descartes' disciples, who felt certain that this infidel mathematician and his ungodly ‘discoveries’ could be explained away.
- But strip an Irish Catholic of his nationality, and you tumble down the bulwark that shelters his faith in a foreign and infidel land.
- At the moment I'm reading your stupid questionnaire, you infidel fool.
- The Turks were marched to Gallipoli to defend their homeland from infidel invaders; the English and Aussies and New Zealanders, shipped to Turkey to defeat the barbarians who had joined the German invaders.
Synonyms atheistic, unbelieving, non-believing, non-theistic, agnostic, sceptical, heretical, faithless, godless, ungodly, unholy, impious, profane, infidel, barbarian, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, idolatrous, pagan
Origin Late 15th century: from French infidèle or Latin infidelis, from in- 'not' + fidelis 'faithful' (from fides 'faith', related to fidere 'to trust'). The word originally denoted a person of a religion other than one's own, specifically a Muslim (to a Christian), a Christian (to a Muslim), or a Gentile (to a Jew). An infidel is a person who is ‘not faithful’. The word goes back to Latin infidelis (the source, too, of infidelity (Late Middle English)), from fides faith, and originally referred to a person of a religion other than your own. To a Christian an infidel was usually a Muslim, who would consider a Christian an infidel in return, and to a Jew an infidel would be a Gentile.
Definition of infidel in US English: infidelnoun A person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own. they wanted to secure the Holy Places from the infidel Example sentencesExamples - Churches were running out of room, and infidels begged the religious community to pray to their God to save them.
- Particular emphasis is placed on not recognizing the holy days or national observances of the infidels.
- It does not believe that there are pagans and infidels waiting to be converted to a particular system of beliefs and ideas or a race of the damned waiting to be saved.
- He meant, I imagined, that they were sacrilegious infidels.
- So it was not only the scoffing of infidels which spread the conviction that the religious life of France needed comprehensive reform.
Synonyms unbeliever, disbeliever, non-believer, heathen, pagan, idolater, idolatress, heretic, agnostic, atheist, non-theist, nihilist, apostate, freethinker, libertine, dissenter, nonconformist
adjective Adhering to a religion other than one's own. Example sentencesExamples - But strip an Irish Catholic of his nationality, and you tumble down the bulwark that shelters his faith in a foreign and infidel land.
- Seventy years ago, before our country was rich, our people went to those infidel countries to work; our own people earned money there to support their families here.
- At the moment I'm reading your stupid questionnaire, you infidel fool.
- The new objects were dismissed by Descartes' disciples, who felt certain that this infidel mathematician and his ungodly ‘discoveries’ could be explained away.
- The Turks were marched to Gallipoli to defend their homeland from infidel invaders; the English and Aussies and New Zealanders, shipped to Turkey to defeat the barbarians who had joined the German invaders.
Synonyms atheistic, unbelieving, non-believing, non-theistic, agnostic, sceptical, heretical, faithless, godless, ungodly, unholy, impious, profane, infidel, barbarian, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, idolatrous, pagan
Origin Late 15th century: from French infidèle or Latin infidelis, from in- ‘not’ + fidelis ‘faithful’ (from fides ‘faith’, related to fidere ‘to trust’). The word originally denoted a person of a religion other than one's own, specifically a Muslim (to a Christian), a Christian (to a Muslim), or a Gentile (to a Jew). |