Gentile
['dʒentaɪl] or ['dʒɛntaɪl]
Definition
(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 .
Checker: Melanie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Peter
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pagan, heathen, worshipper of false gods.
Typed by Hester
Definition
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.
Edited by Ahmed
Examples
- Nor do we know what Gentile teachings had reached him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Quel ch'ella par quand' un poco sorride, Non si può dicer, nè tener a mente, Si è nuovo miracolo gentile. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The beginning of a great religion, whether Christian or Gentile, has not been 'wood or stone,' but a spirit moving in the hearts of men. Plato. The Republic.
- Nay, but, said the Rabbi, thou speakest as one that knoweth not the Gentiles. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- These Gentiles, cruel and oppressive as they are, are in some sort dependent on the dispersed children of Zion, whom they despise and persecute. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One Nazarene warrior might indeed bear arms in my behalf, even Wilfred, son of Cedric, whom the Gentiles call Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Pratt