Heathenness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Quality of being heathen. uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English hethenesse, from Old English hǣþennes (“heathenism, heathenry, heathendom”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþinnassī (“heathenness”), equivalent to heathen + -ness.

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