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Gentilism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    heathenism; paganism; the worship of pagan gods countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a heathenish practice. countable, uncountable

    "In Scotland (especially among the Highlanders) the woemen doe make a Curtsey to the New-moon. I have known one in England doe it, and our English woemen in the Country doe retain (some of them) a touch of this Gentilisme still."

  3. 3
    tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens countable, uncountable

Etymology

See gentile, and compare French gentilisme.

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