The priest argued to the king that unless clerics accompanied the colony ship, the colony would soon descend into heathendom and barbarity.
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Heathendom
//ˈhiː.ðn̩.dəm//
Synonyms for "heathendom" (7 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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5 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 2 languages.
Dutch
4 entries- heidendom noun (state of being heathen)
- heidendom noun (from one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion)
- heidendom noun (non-Christian world)
- heidendom noun (worldwide community that follows Heathenry)
Middle English
4 entries- hethenesse noun (non-Christian world)
- myscreaunce noun (state of being heathen)
- payenie noun (non-Christian world)
- paynym noun (non-Christian world)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
My aunt considered all of Europe to be heathendom, and refused to visit us in Amsterdam on religious grounds.
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The Crusaders meant to wrest Jerusalem from heathendom, but they managed to pillage a number of lands in Christendom along the way.
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Ziegenbalg mentioned some major forms of heathendom (African, American, old European)[…]
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