Crossword-Solution: PAGANISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Paganism | n. | The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “PAGANISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Heathen cult | 1 answer |
| Heathen practice | 1 answer |
| Irreligious life | 1 answer |
| Polytheistic creed | 1 answer |
| Primitive practice | 1 answer |
| State religion under Emperor Julian | 1 answer |
| fetishism | 6 answers |
| heathenism | 8 answers |
| A PERSON WHO FOLLOWS A POLYTHEISTIC OR PRE-CHRISTIAN RELIGION | 10 answers |
| idolatry | 40 answers |
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Sentences with PAGANISM (5)
There is a definite strain of mystical, almost Gnostic sensibility that shows up even among those hackers not actively involved with neo-paganism, Discordianism, or Zen.
Hudson had confessed to an invincible fear of treading, even with the help of her son’s arm, the polished marble floors, and was sitting patiently on a stool, with folded hands, looking shyly, here and there, at the undraped paganism around her.
XXXII A false Armenian did this squadron guide, That in his youth from Christ’s true faith and light To the blind lore of Paganism did slide, That Clement late, now Emireno, hight; Yet to his king he faithful was, and tried True in all causes, his in wrong and right: A cunning leader and a soldier bold, For strength and courage, young; for wisdom, old.
For example, I make no doubt myself that, in his own heart, he did hold the shocking dogma attributed to him by more than one calumniator; and that, had the time been ripe, had there been aught to gain by it, instead of all to lose, he would have been the first to assert that Scotland was elective instead of hereditary—“elective as in the days of paganism,” as one Thevet says in holy horror.
Such reminiscences of the more brutal side of Paganism are not helpful to the thoughtful and sensitive modern mind.
Quotes with PAGANISM (3)
There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinity
On the conversion of the European tribes to Christianity the ancient pagan worship was by no means incontinently abandoned. So wholesale had been the conversion of many peoples, whose chiefs or rulers had accepted the new faith on their behalf in a summary manner, that it would be absurd to suppose that any, general acquiescence in the new gospel immediately took place. Indeed, the old beliefs lurked in many neighbourhoods, and even a renaissance of some of them occurred in m…
Only hinted at in some of these tales, and clearly stated in others, it is apparent that there was a long and continuing conflict between paganism and Christianity in the early centuries A.D. This may also be the explanation behind other well creation tales, such as the slaying by St Barry of a 'great serpent' in County Roscommon. The saint thrust his crozier at it before it disappeared into Lough Lagan, and where his knee touched the ground, a holy well, Tobar Barry, sprang …
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1974–2015).