pagan
noun
[ ˈpeɪɡ(ə)n ]
• a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
• "a Muslim majority had to live in close proximity to large communities of Christians and pagans"
Similar:
heathen,
infidel,
idolater/idolatress,
atheist,
non-theist,
irreligious person,
agnostic,
sceptic,
heretic,
apostate,
paynim,
pagan
adjective
• relating to pagans or their beliefs.
• "a pagan god"
Similar:
heathen,
ungodly,
irreligious,
infidel,
idolatrous,
atheistic,
non-theistic,
agnostic,
sceptical,
faithless,
impious,
paganistic,
paganish,
apostatical,
nullifidian,
heathenish,
heathenistic,
Origin:
late 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).
