heathen - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • let: Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
  • worship: The same encyclopedia gives the definition of pagans as " unenlightened, idol worshipping, raw rustic heathens " .

Modifies a noun

  • Dane: He then went to New Corbie in Saxony, from where he was taken by King Harold of Denmark to enlighten the heathen Danes.
  • deity: A large portion of a gigantic statue of some heathen deity was dug up in the parish in 1847, carved in stone.
  • temple: This enclosure, therefore, marks the original size of the heathen temple.
  • god: Heathen gods do have personal relationships with humans, however.
  • poet: During his illness, ' Aisha repeated verses from a heathen poet supposed to be appropriate.

Modifying Another Word

  • little: A little heathen in six-year-old shoes, showing her up.

Used with adjective complement

  • consider: As they had written books of revelation, they were not considered heathen by Mohammed.

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