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UK
/pˈeɪɡənˌɪzəm/
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[ US /ˈpeɪɡəˌnɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈpeɪɡəˌnɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
How To Use paganism In A Sentence
- In neopaganism, the spring and autumn equinoxes are called Ostara and Mabon, respectively, although these names are modern in origin and don't correspond to any ancient festivals. CBC | Top Stories News
- We may show our Paganism through our jewelry or our bumper stickers, or the pentagram we trace over our meals as we bless them.
- I stood it until I became tortured day and night by the prod of reason, then I quietly left the church and bade farewell to the heathen Scapular and the ten thousand other trinkets of blind paganism, and resolved to break the chain of this "_slave of the soul_" and "_tyrant of reason_. Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light
- Archaeology does not yield reliable information about paganism.
- There are some other branches of Norse paganism though where there is more study and includes an autotheist element the Odhianism of the Rune Gild is a good example. The Volokh Conspiracy » Considering a Candidate’s Religion:
- After seven years as a very part-time adjunct, I'm still amused by how irked my students are by all the things I don't know, examples of which have included medieval embroidery, Celtic languages, metallurgy, neopaganism, Scottish history, regional developments in medieval agriculture, and the 40 most recent fantasy novels about Arthur and Guenevere. Beowulf Hobbyists of the World, Unite!
- Sustained by the truth received from her divine Founder, the Church has ever sought to fulfill holily the mission entrusted to her by God; unconquered by the difficulties on all sides surrounding her, she has never ceased to assert her liberty of teaching, and in this way the wretched superstition of paganism being dispelled, the wide world was renewed unto Christian wisdom. Libertas Praestantissimum
- Does Paganism belong under the New Age umbrella?
- The four kingdoms soon relapsed into paganism, and initially only Kent was reconverted.
- Paganism appealed to me because of the freedom to follow my heart.