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paganry

noun
/ˈpeɪɡənɹi/

Etymology

From pagan + -ry.

  1. inherited from payen
  2. derived from pāgānus — “rural, rustic; civilian”
  3. inherited from pagan
  4. suffixed as paganry — “pagan + ry”

Definitions

  1. Paganism.

  2. A body of pagans.

    • [Afonso de] Albuquerque, throughout his career, favoured the Hindu paganry against the Hindí Moslems, finding the former much less intractable.
    • Yet you could hunt for slaves in the countries round about: Celtic Christians of the far West, generally treated as heretics; Islam; Slavonic, Baltic or Finnish 'paganries'
    • missionary progressives ready to teach the paganry the rudiments of tithing and toothbrushing

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paganry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA