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heathenries

heathenries is the plural of heathenry.

Meaning of heathenry

Noun

heathenry (usually uncountable, plural heathenries)

  1. (usually) The state of being heathen.
    • It was as though she were some tinted and lavishly adorned statue of barbaric heathenry, and he her postulant; and her large eyes appeared to judge an immeasurable path, beyond him.1921, James Branch Cabell, Chivalry

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Questions about heathenries

What is heathenries the plural of?
Heathenries is the plural of heathenry.

Words near heathenries in the dictionary

  1. heathenizes
  2. heathenizing
  3. heathenly
  4. heathenness
  5. heathenous
  6. heathenries
  7. heathenry
  8. heathens
  9. heathenship
  10. heathenships
  11. heather

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