pagan
noun
(in historical contexts) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
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There was Midsummer's Eve with more fires, and if St. Patrick in unpagan zeal had chosen to kindle his fires in honor of St. John, he could.
From Kenny by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens