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The definition of 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

Origin: ME < LL(Ec) paganus, a heathen, pagan (contrasted with Christian or Jew) < L, a peasant, rustic < pagus, country < IE base *pak-, to join, enclose, fasten > fang, L pax

adjective

of pagans or paganism; not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish
not religious; heathen

Related Forms:

pagandom noun
paganish adjective
paganism noun

See pagan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Late Latin pāgānus

Origin: , from Latin, country-dweller, civilian

Origin: , from pāgus, country, rural district; see pag- in Indo-European roots

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