n.;
If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
The heathen,
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Ps. ii. 8.
a.
n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðendōm. ]
n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðennes, i. e., heathenness. ] Heathendom. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðenisc. ]
adv. In a heathenish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being heathenish. “The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
n. [ Cf. Heathenesse. ] State of being heathen or like the heathen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]