pagandom

American  

[pey-guhn-duhm] / ˈpeɪ gən dəm /

noun

1. the part of the world inhabited by pagans.

2. pagans collectively.

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Etymology

Origin of pagandom

First recorded in 1850–55; pagan + -dom

Example Sentences

This moan conveyed to such, as had often heard it, not only strong dissent, but pity for human credulity, ignorance, and error, especially of course when it blinded men to the merits of Pagandom.

From Project Gutenberg

In all pagandom there was not a hospital, asylum, almshouse, or organized charity of any sort.

From Project Gutenberg

We saw black swarms of pagandom,—horse at the side of horse, and man near man, standing in a dense mass in the form of a sickle.

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The end of my misery was still far away; but that spring brought changes, and new omens, it was full of wonderful auguries: In the sky above the Crimea appeared the rod of God's anger, a comet, and blinking with blue eye it shook its tail as a sign of destruction to the Crimea and pagandom.

From Project Gutenberg

All Pagandom recognized a female priesthood, some making their national safety to depend upon them, like Rome; sybils wrote the Books of Fate, and oracles where women presided were consulted by many nations.

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