/ˈpeɪɡən/
OriginFrom Middle English pagan (adjective and noun), from Latin pāgānus (“rural, rustic; civilian”), replaced Middle English payen from the same root.
The meaning “not Christian” arose in Vulgar Latin, probably from the 4th century, owing to the Roman countryside being largely non-Christian, or potentially from the “civilian” meaning—denoting those not in the “army of Christ”. As a self-designation of neopagans, attested since 1990.
Partly displaced native heathen, from Old English hǣþen.
- not-comparableRelating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
“Under Christianization, many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.”
“Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that typically takes on anti-Christian, satanic and pagan themes.”
“The way Green practices witchcraft defies stereotypes of broomstick-wielding, cauldron-toting, pointy-hatted witches. He doesn’t belong to a coven. He’s not Wiccan or pagan, religions that are rooted ”
- A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
“This community has a surprising number of pagans.”
- An outlaw biker who is a member of the Pagans MC.
- A male given name from Latin.
- uncommonA female given name.
“'I've always believed that one of the reasons she never named Pagan's father was to spare her a similar pain.' 'You don't know who he is?' 'No. And, at the risk of sounding like Candida, I'd give anyt”
“In 2012, author Pagan Kennedy was hired by The New York Times magazine to write a column titled “Who Made That?” She began to hunt the people down behind inventions like sliced bread, the 3-D printer,”
- A surname.
“Mrs Pagan was delivered of a posthumous child, and thereafter along with the infant (a girl), she brought a process of aliment against John Pagan, who was a hosier in Dumfries, and alleged to be wealt”
- datedThe city of Bagan, Myanmar.
- historicalThe 9th- to 13th-century Burmese kingdom which had its capital at this city.
Formspagans(plural) · Pagans(plural)