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Definitions
any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
Word origin
From heathen + -ism, coined in the 17th century in place of the then-obsolete heathendom. First attested in Francis Bacon's Of the advancement of learning (1605), II. xiv. §9: "The heresy of the Anthropomorphites … and the opinion of Epicurus, answerable to the same in heathenism, who supposed the gods to be in human shape" (OED).
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: paganism”
“Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]”
“[…] they urge all followers of the Prophet to return to an authentic Islam, devoid of heathenism and innovations.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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