|
|
Definition of Heathendom
1. n. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.
Definition of Heathendom
1. Noun. The state of being heathen. ¹
2. Noun. From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion. ¹
3. Noun. (dated) Specifically, the non-Christian world; territories where Christianity is not the dominant religion. ¹
4. Noun. (context: paganism) The worldwide community that follows Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Christian religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heathendom
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heathendom
Literary usage of Heathendom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Theology of the New Testament by Bernhard Weiss, David Eaton, James E. Duguid (1882)
"Within the province of heathendom God suffers humanity to walk in its own ways
... (6) In this development heathendom appears primarily only under the point ..."
2. Christian Dogmatics: A Text-book for Academical Instruction and Private Study. by Johannes Jacobus van Oosterzee (1874)
"The fact that heathendom, too, was carefully prepared for revelation, must be
recognised as soon as we survey that world, without any relation whatever to ..."
3. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1876)
"heathendom. AN account of the Saxons which should entirely exclude the peculiarities
of their heathendom, would be deficient in an important degree. ..."
4. The Vikings in Western Christendom, A.D. 789 to A.D. 888 by Charles Francis Keary (1891)
"That stands to us for the type of a place cut off from intercourse with Rome, a
heathendom before Christianity, we might say ; this stands to us for any ..."
5. The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together with Vita de Dowel by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1884)
"(A false use ; the true orig. sense was paganism, heathendom.) See Cath. Angl.
p. 266, n. 5. Pays, peace, b. 16. 159. See note, p. 380. ..."
Other Resources:
