gentilism

American  

[jen-tl-iz-uhm] / ˈdʒɛn tlˌɪz əm /

noun

1. the quality of being a gentile, especially heathenism; paganism.

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Etymology

Origin of gentilism

First recorded in 1570–80; gentile + -ism

Example Sentences

If this be a correct summary of the relation between the Two Powers as it issued in the final condition of Gentilism, it is clear that the State had far less declined from the high purpose for which it was instituted, that is, the preservation of human society, than the priesthood from the corresponding purpose which belonged to it, that is, the worship of God and the sanctification of human life.

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The sovereign in whose name and by whose power that Body had been put to death held undisputed in his hands the supremacy of Spiritual as well as Civil Power through the great world of Gentilism, represented by the Roman empire.

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For this much the Greek may fitly represent all Gentilism.

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In Gentilism as in Judaism, actual sacrifices of animals are everywhere the rule; beside them, in particular cases, offerings also of vegetable substances.

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It is true that in matter of practice the ever growing moral corruption of Gentilism had tended to subordinate worship to government, the priest to the ruler.

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