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• The Christens found the heathens dear, as the lion doth the bear.From the entry dear
• Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.From the entry rescue
• If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.From the entry unconverted
• You can keep that with all yer other GAWDless heathen Dillards-esque weirdo FSU behavior patterns.2001 August 20, Clockwork Orange, “Re: WOT RAM food poll...”, in rec.arts.mystery (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry asparagi
• For each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged.1996, Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, Gods of the Blood, published 2003, page 307. From the entry hof
• We endure our abuses of orphanotrophism even when they are repulsive to the heathen Chinee.1910 September 10, Bayard Holmes, “Orphanotrophism”, in The Lancet-clinic, volume 104, number 11, page 238. From the entry orphanotrophism
• Me, I think it is better to fight shy of the heathen gods."1903, Margaret Sherwood, Daphne, an Autumn Pastoral. From the entry fight shy
• Surely he was not so heathen as that.2008, Sarah McKerrigan, Lady Danger. From the entry swive
• This conceptual change allowed the Indian as tractable heathen to be rather rapidly replaced by the Indian as uncivilizable savage.2004, John McWilliams, New England's Crises and Cultural Memory, page 108. From the entry savagize
• In eastern heathen lands, surely giants reigned in many Edens.2001, George Szanto, The Condesa of M., Cormorant Books Inc., →ISBN, page 173. From the entry Garden of Eden
• Here is the Bishops’ Bible, 43 years older: But when yee pray, babble not much, as the heathen doe.1977 April 17, Martin E[mil] Marty, “[Bad Blood Over the Good News Bible] Praye Bable Not Over This Text”, in Los Angeles Times, volume…. From the entry strangelier
• Don't forget they're mostly just joss-worshipping heathen an' they don't get no kick out of the more classy breeds o' religion.1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, pages 111–112. From the entry joss
• The first impression he must have made on the heathen chieftains was that of a man unintimidatable and devoid of fear.1938, Oliver St. John Gogarty, I follow Saint Patrick, Reynal & Hitchcock, page 302. From the entry unintimidatable
• The smellful old heathen was snoring dreadfully.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 222. From the entry dreadfully
• Not all, but many people believe that if you're not in a kindred, then you are not a real Norse Pagan or heathen.2019 May 20, Theodoric Dukka, A Heathen's Guide: Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry kindred
• For this is the Yuletide, and the heathen people of the forest are gathered at the thunder-oak of Geismar to worship their god, Thor.1902 October, Henry van Dyke [Jr.], “The First Christmas-tree”, in The Blue Flower, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC…. From the entry yuletide
• Usually made with cold buckwheat noodles, naengmyeon, or thin wheat flour noodles, somyeon, it’s also good with Vietnamese rice noodles (or so I say, but I’m a heathen).2016 July 1, David Tanis, “Spicy Cold Noodles Offer an Antidote to Summer Heat”, in New York Times. From the entry somyeon
• Or, that the people have become their enemies and burdens, when they first make and account them enemies, unmember and unchurch them, as very little better then heathens.2012, Daniel Cawdrey, C. Matthew McMahon, A Discourse on Church Discipline and Reformation, page 79. From the entry unmember
• He had called on arms bearers to go to the aid of their brethren in the Holy Land and to liberate the Christian holy sites from the heathen.2001, Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, →ISBN, page 141. From the entry arms bearer
• There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets.1948, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 1, in Seraph on the Suwanee, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1991, page 5. From the entry ankle

Meaning of heathen

1. adjective Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
2. adjective Uncultured; uncivilized; savage; barbarian.
3. noun A pagan; someone who is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Muslim (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included).

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Questions about heathen in a sentence

How do you use heathen in a sentence?

Heathen is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The Christens found the heathens dear, as the lion doth the bear.”

What is a short sentence with heathen?

“The smellful old heathen was snoring dreadfully.”

What does heathen mean?

Heathen means not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.