Gentile

['dʒentaɪl] or ['dʒɛntaɪl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a Christian; 'Christians refer to themselves as gentiles'.

(noun.) a Christian as contrasted with a Jew.

(noun.) a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus.

(adj.) belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples .

校對:梅勒妮--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

(a.) Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

(a.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

整理:彼得

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Pagan, heathen, worshipper of false gods.

海丝特編輯

解釋/意思:

n. (B.) any one not a Jew: any one not a Christian.—adj. of or belonging to a gens or clan: belonging to any nation but the Jews: (gram.) denoting a race or country.—adjs. Gentil′ic tribal; Gen′tilish heathenish.—n. Gen′tilism paganism.—adjs. Gentili′tial Gentili′tian Gentili′tious pertaining to a gens.

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