pagan

A pagan is a person who worships many gods or who worships nature and the earth. (noun)

An example of a pagan is someone who celebrates the winter solstice as a religious holiday.

See pagan in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew; heathen: formerly, sometimes applied specif. to a non-Christian by Christians
a person who has no religion
a person who worships nature or the earth, specif., one who practices a form of worship in imitation of any of various religions that historically preceded Christianity

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See pagan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(pāˈgən)

noun

An adherent of a polytheistic religion in antiquity, especially when viewed in contrast to an adherent of a monotheistic religion.
A Neopagan.
Offensive
a. One who has no religion.
b. An adherent of a religion other than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
A hedonist.

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