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Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: igyodo
"그들은 고대 이교도의 풍습을 따릅니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions, specifically a follower of a polytheistic nature religion.
"Modern pagans often celebrate the turning of the seasons with ancient rituals."
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Relating to pagans or their religious beliefs and practices.
"Archaeologists discovered a series of ancient pagan temples hidden in the forest."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'paganus', meaning 'villager', 'rustic', or 'civilian', which comes from 'pagus' ('country district'). During the Christianization of the Roman Empire, rural people were slower to adopt the new religion, retaining their traditional polytheistic beliefs, leading to the semantic shift of the word to mean a follower of a polytheistic religion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pagan" is said worldwide
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païen
Transliteration: pa-i-ẽ
"Il étudie les anciennes traditions du culte païen."
heidnisch
Transliteration: haɪ̯dɪnɪʃ
"Sie pflegen alte heidnische Bräuche."
pagano
Transliteration: paˈɡaːno
"Il tempio risale al periodo pagano."
pagano
Transliteration: paˈɣano
"Celebraban rituales de origen pagano."
pagão
Transliteration: paˈɡɐ̃w̃
"Eles celebram festivais de natureza pagã."
बुतपरस्त
Transliteration: butparast
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"प्राचीन काल में कई लोग बुतपरस्त थे।"
异教徒
Transliteration: yìjiàotú
Script: 中文汉字
"古代的异教徒崇拜自然神灵。"
이교도
Transliteration: igyodo
Script: 한국어 한글
"그들은 고대 이교도의 풍습을 따릅니다."
異教徒
Transliteration: ikyōto
Script: 日本語
"彼は古代の異教の儀式について研究している。"
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