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gentile

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eegilntStarts with GEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

Word origin

Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.

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  • Down in the workshop all the elves were makin' toys For the good gentile girls and the good gentile boys
  • The Justice or injustice of such a principle in law, I leave for them who made it, the United States; Suffice it say the law was just as good for a the Saints as for the Gentiles, [...]
  • Before I go further, I should make it clear that I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Mormon. [...] I’m what Latter-day Saints call a Gentile: a non-Mormon.

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