pagan
noun
(in historical contexts) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
paganish
-
a word derived from
pagan.
Example Sentences
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Yet their admiration for Patton is undiminished by his paganish conviction that he was the reincarnation of Hannibal of Carthage.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2015
To this paganish priest comes young Soldier Pedro, with his belly full of fighting but sadly in need of food and drink.
From Time Magazine Archive
With Twelfth-tide this fair vision suffers a metamorphosis, blazoning out into the paganish saturnalia of bonfires, which in Calvados is transferred from St. John's Eve le jour des Rois.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson
Giraldus Cambrensis found the people of the western islands a trifle paganish.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
There is a trout in a well on the border of Lough Gill, Sligo, that some paganish person put once on the gridiron.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
