| 单词 | gentile |
| 释义 | gentile (once / 891 pages) nadj Use the word gentile to mean non-Jewish, like the gentile friend you invite to your family's Passover Seder because she's curious about Jewish religious traditions. When Gentile is a noun, it's usually capitalized, and it's most frequently used to contrast a Christian with a Jew. There are other religions that use the word gentile to describe a non-believer, including Mormonism and Hinduism. More generally, gentile refers to a person who doesn't acknowledge a particular god or belief. The root is the Latin gentilis, whose meaning of "fellow countryman or family member" changed over time to mean "foreign, heathen, pagan." WORD FAMILYgentile: gentilely, gentiles, gentily USAGE EXAMPLESHe wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, passed in 1786, which protected “the Jew and the gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan.” The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) Gentile’s lawyer said Friday that Gentile is no longer near death as he was three months ago. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) Gentile, a prominent Nevada criminal defense and constitutional law attorney, didn’t immediately respond to a question about whether Sunna will claim self-defense. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1n a Christian as contrasted with a Jew Syn|Hyper goy, non-Jew Christian a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination 2n a Christian Christians refer to themselves as gentiles Hyper Christian a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination 3n a person who does not acknowledge your god Syn|Hypo|Hyper heathen, infidel, pagan paynim a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser, idolizera person who worships idols idolatressa woman idolater nonreligious person a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity 4n a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 5adj belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples |
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