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The state or condition of a non-believer in your God (pagan); Those parts of the world in which paganism prevails: opposed to Christendom; Non-believer nations or peoples regarded collectively.

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  • Behind me was heathendom and the black fever flats.
  • Tasso, at a later period, introduces the deities of heathendom.
  • These Mysteries existed in every country of heathendom, in each under
  • Are not the very converts from heathendom putting some of us to shame?
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