English Dictionary

heathendom

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 古風 ゲルマン語派 語頭大文字 時々

The state of being heathen. / From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion.

日本語の意味

異教徒である状態、すなわち、宗教的信仰において主流とされる宗教以外の信仰形態である状態 / ある特定の宗教や信条の観点から見た場合、その他宗教や信条に属する者の領域または集団

Scholars debated whether the persistence of heathendom in remote regions was due to isolation or cultural resilience.

学者たちは、辺境地域における異教徒である状態の持続が孤立によるものか、文化的回復力によるものかを議論した。

意味（1）

The state of being heathen.

The priest argued to the king that unless clerics accompanied the colony ship, the colony would soon descend into heathendom and barbarity.

意味（2）

From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion.

My aunt considered all of Europe to be heathendom, and refused to visit us in Amsterdam on religious grounds.

意味（3）

(dated) Specifically, the non-Christian world; territories where Christianity is not the dominant religion.

The Crusaders meant to wrest Jerusalem from heathendom, but they managed to pillage a number of lands in Christendom along the way.

意味（4）

(Germanic paganism, sometimes capitalized) The collection of people who follow Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.

Ziegenbalg mentioned some major forms of heathendom (African, American, old European)[…]

heathendoms （ plural ）