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单词 pagan
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pagan

noun
/ˈpeɪɡən/
/ˈpeɪɡən/
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  1. a person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world’s main religionsTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. (often disapproving) used in the past by Christians to describe a person who did not believe in ChristianityTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin paganus ‘villager, rustic’, from pagus ‘country district’. Latin paganus also meant ‘civilian’, becoming, in Christian Latin, ‘heathen’ (i.e. one not enrolled in the army of Christ).

pagan

adjective
/ˈpeɪɡən/
/ˈpeɪɡən/
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  1. connected with religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world's main religions
    • a pagan festival
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. (often disapproving) used in the past by Christians in connection with people who did not believe in Christianity
    • The emperor closed all Roman pagan temples.
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