Heathen

n.	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.
a.	1.	Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.
	2.	Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
	3.	Irreligious; scoffing.

Noun	1.	heathen - a person who does not acknowledge your God Synonyms: gentile, infidel, pagan
Adj.	1.	heathen - not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam Synonyms: heathenish, pagan, ethnic

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