heathendom

/ (ˈhiːðəndəm) /


noun
  1. heathen lands, peoples, or beliefs

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How to use heathendom in a sentence

  • To them the strongest proof of Christianity lies in the traditions and observances of heathendom.

    The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. Brinton
  • The slum ends and sides of our Christian cities and huge heathendom, jostle elbows in the likeness of their moral conditions.

  • heathendom died, and was buried; yet, after a brief interval, it rose again from its tomb.

  • For between those dates heathendom had ceased to be an antiquarian curiosity, and had become an imminent peril.

    Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
  • It did not occur to him that the Christian faith itself, as the Indians understand it, is but a form of heathendom.

    The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle