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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infidel \In"fi*del\, n. One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker. Note: Infidel is used by English writers to translate the equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other disbelievers in Mohammedanism. Syn: {Infidel}, {Unbeliever}, {Freethinker}, {Deist}, {Atheist}, {Sceptic}, {Agnostic}. Usage: An infidel, in common usage, is one who denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have endeavored to widen the sense of infidel so as to embrace atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally prevail. A freethinker is now only another name for an infidel. An unbeliever is not necessarily a disbeliever or infidel, because he may still be inquiring after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word however, is more commonly used in the extreme sense A deist believes in one God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. An atheist denies the being of God. A sceptic is one whose faith in the credibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed, so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his mind. An agnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infidel \In"fi*del\, a. [L. infidelis pref. in- not + fidelis faithful, fr fides faith: cf F. infid[`e]le. See {Fidelity}.] Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity. The infidel writer is a great enemy to society. --V. Knox. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infidel n : a person who does not acknowledge your God [syn: {heathen}, {pagan}, {gentile}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does (See GIAOUR.) A kind of scoundrel imperfectly reverent of and niggardly contributory to divines, ecclesiastics, popes, parsons, canons, monks, mollahs, voodoos, presbyters, hierophants prelates, obeah-men, abbes, nuns, missionaries, exhorters, deacons, friars, hadjis, high-priests, muezzins, brahmins, medicine-men, confessors, eminences, elders, primates, prebendaries, pilgrims, prophets, imaums, beneficiaries, clerks, vicars-choral, archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, preachers, padres, abbotesses caloyers, palmers, curates, patriarchs, bonezs, santons, beadsmen, canonesses residentiaries diocesans, deans, subdeans, rural deans, abdals, charm-sellers, archdeacons, hierarchs, class-leaders, incumbents, capitulars, sheiks, talapoins, postulants, scribes, gooroos, precentors, beadles, fakeers, sextons, reverences, revivalists, cenobites, perpetual curates, chaplains, mudjoes readers, novices, vicars, pastors, rabbis, ulemas, lamas, sacristans, vergers, dervises, lectors, church wardens, cardinals, prioresses, suffragans, acolytes, rectors, cures, sophis, mutifs and pumpums
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