Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being gentile or a gentile; formerly, heathenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.
  • noun Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun heathenism; paganism; the worship of false gods
  • noun tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens

Etymologies

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See gentile, and compare French gentilisme.

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