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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heathen \Hea"then\ (?; 277), n.; pl {Heathens}or collectively {Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS h??en, prop. an adj fr h?? heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr pagus village); akin to OS h??in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei?inn, adj., Sw heden, Goth. haipn?, n. fem. See {Heath}, and cf {Hoiden}.] 1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater. 2. An irreligious person. 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. {The heathen}, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. --Ps. ii 8. Syn: Pagan; gentile. See {Pagan}.
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