Ethnical

[eθnikәl]

Definition

(a.) Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.

(a.) Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Heathen (as distinguished from Jewish and Christian), pagan, gentile.[2]. Ethnological.

Edited by Juanita

Definition

adj. concerning nations or races: pertaining to the heathen.—ns. Eth′nic a heathen; Eth′nicism heathenism; Ethnog′rapher.—adj. Ethnograph′ic.—n. Ethnog′raphy the scientific description of the races of the earth.—adj. Ethnolog′ical.—adv. Ethnolog′ically.—ns. Ethnol′ogist; Ethnol′ogy the science that treats of the varieties of the human race.

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