Her mother was a Christian and her father a pagan, but this wasn't a problem for them at all.
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Pagan
//ˈpeɪɡən//
Synonyms for "pagan" (98 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
disbelievingethnicfaithlessfetishisticfunctionally illiterategentilegothicgrammarlesshedonisthereticalhoodwinkedidol worshipingidolateridolatoridolatricidolatricalidolatrousidolisticill-educatedilliterate
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Related words (49)
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29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
178 translations across 69 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- besëlashtë adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- besëlashtë noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Arabic
4 entries- جَاهِل adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- وَثَنِيّ adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- وَثَنِيّ adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- وَحْشِيّ adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
Armenian
2 entries- հեթանոսական adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- հեթանոս noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Asturian
1 entries- paganu noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bütpərəst noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Bashkir
2 entries- мәжүси adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- мәжүси noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Belarusian
3 entries- язы́чніцкі adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- язы́чнік noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- язы́чніца noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дива́шки adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- ези́чески adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- дива́к noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
- дива́чка noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
Catalan
2 entries- pagà adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagà noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 異教的 /异教的 adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- 野蛮的 adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- 異教徒 /异教徒 noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Czech
3 entries- pohanský adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pohan noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- pohanka noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Danish
2 entries- hedensk adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- hedning noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Dari
1 entries- بُتپَرَسْت noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Dutch
4 entries- heidens adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- immoreel adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- onbeschaafd adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- barbaar noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
Estonian
1 entries- pagan noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Finnish
4 entries- pakana adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pakana adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- pakanallinen adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pakanallinen adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
French
4 entries- immoral adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- incivilisé adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- païen adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- païen noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Friulian
2 entries- paian adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- paian noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Galician
1 entries- pagán adj (relating to non-main world religions)
Georgian
2 entries- წარმართული adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- წარმართი noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
German
4 entries- heidnisch adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- Heide noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- Heidin noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- Ungläubige noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Greek
3 entries- ειδωλολατρικός adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- ειδωλολάτρης noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- ειδωλολάτρισσα noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֱלִילִי adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- פָּגָנִי adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- עוֹבֵד אֱלִילִים noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Hindi
1 entries- बुतपरस्त noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Hungarian
4 entries- istentelen adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- pogány adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- istentelen noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
- pogány noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Icelandic
1 entries- heiðingi noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- بُتپَرَسْت noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Irish
4 entries- págánach adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- págánta adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- págán noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- págánach noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Italian
3 entries- pagano adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagana noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- pagano noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Japanese
1 entries- 異教徒 noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Kazakh
2 entries- пұтпарас noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- пұтқа табынушы noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Korean
1 entries- 이교도 noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- бутка табынуучу noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- бутпарас noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Latvian
1 entries- pagāns noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pagonis noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Macedonian
2 entries- паганин noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- паганка noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Middle English
2 entries- payen adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- payen noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- pûtparez noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- pûtperest noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hedensk adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- hedning noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- heidning noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Occitan
1 entries- pagan noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- ꙗзꙑческъ adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- ꙗзꙑчьникъ noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Old English
2 entries- hǣþen adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- hǣþen noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- زندیق adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- زندیق noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Pashto
1 entries- بت پرست noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Persian
1 entries- بت پرست adj (relating to non-main world religions)
Polish
3 entries- pogański adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- poganin noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- poganka noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Portuguese
3 entries- pagão adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagã noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- pagão noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Romanian
4 entries- păgân adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- păgân adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- păgân noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- păgână noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Russian
4 entries- язы́ческий adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- дика́рка noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
- дика́рь noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
- язы́чник noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- pàganach adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pàganach noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pàgānski adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pòganski adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- па̀га̄нски adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- по̀гански adj (relating to non-main world religions)
Sicilian
1 entries- paganu noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Slovak
3 entries- pohanský adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pohan noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- pohanka noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Slovene
3 entries- poganski adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pogan noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- poganka noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Spanish
3 entries- pagano adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagana noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- pagano noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Swahili
4 entries- kafiri adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- kafiri adj (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
- kafiri noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- kafiri noun (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
Swedish
2 entries- hednisk adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- hedning noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Tagalog
2 entries- di-binyagan adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagano adj (relating to non-main world religions)
Tajik
1 entries- бутпараст noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Tatar
1 entries- мәҗүси noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Turkish
3 entries- kâfir adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagan adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- putperest noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Turkmen
1 entries- butparaz noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Ukrainian
3 entries- язи́чницький adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- язи́чник noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- язи́чниця noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Urdu
1 entries- بُت پَرَسْت noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Uyghur
1 entries- بۇتپەرەس noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Uzbek
2 entries- butparast noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- majusiy noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngoại đạo adj (relating to non-main world religions)
Welsh
3 entries- paganaidd adj (relating to non-main world religions)
- pagan noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
- paganes noun (person not adhering to a main world religion)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
We write this in honor of Saint Patrick, who is credited with bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to one of the most pagan cultures of his day.
Source: tatoeba (1166946)
Saint Patrick lived and preached this kind of love among a pagan, barbaric generation of Irishmen around the year 432 AD.
Source: tatoeba (1167327)
God told Israel not to even mention the name of pagan gods, but the church has a celebration that is named after a pagan god.
Source: tatoeba (1168363)
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