heathendom
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There can be small doubt that in the Scandinavian settlements and particularly in the alien host heathendom still lingered to some extent.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
Christians may learn even from heathendom a lesson of charity, of human kindness and of love.
From To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians by Moody, Dwight Lyman
But however justifiable, according to heathen precedents, this legislation of the early Christian emperors had proved a fatal blow to heathendom, for it was just here that the ardour of popular religion had consecrated itself.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
And indeed Seneca has probably travelled as far towards it as any one born in heathendom ever did.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
But Julian was not only a restorer, he was also a reformer of heathendom.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
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