Heathenhood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Heathendom uncountable
"Hegbert, in addition to his belief that fornicators were destined to clean the urinals in hell, also believed that communism was “a sickness that doomed mankind to heathenhood."
- 2 The state or condition of being a heathen. uncountable
"Heathenhood and heathendom."
Example
More examples"Hegbert, in addition to his belief that fornicators were destined to clean the urinals in hell, also believed that communism was “a sickness that doomed mankind to heathenhood."
Etymology
From Middle English hethenhod, haithenhede, equivalent to heathen + -hood.
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