Halloween has its roots in a pagan ritual of the Celts in the 5th century B.C. From LearnThat.org.
Linguistically, the word pagan derives from the Latin word "paganus", which means "a villager", or a "country dweller". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
These are not peculiar to what we call pagan people. From Wordnik.com. [Our Unitarian Gospel] Reference
Mr. Caldigate should be what he called a pagan had been represented by Mr. Bromley to his friends as a great misfortune, and especially. From Wordnik.com. [John Caldigate] Reference
That Mr. Caldigate should be what he called a pagan had been represented by Mr. Bromley to his friends as a great misfortune, and especially a misfortune to the squire himself. From Wordnik.com. [John Caldigate] Reference
"What do you call pagan?" asked Theodore, smiling. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 5] Reference
It appears also that certain pagan rites were still observed. From Wordnik.com. [High Albania] Reference
Though I identify as pagan, I'm not sure that's entirely fair. From Wordnik.com. [100 Things About Me] Reference
The Christmas tree was equally common in pagan Rome and pagan Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » O’Reilly Teaches Viewers the True Meaning of Christmas] Reference
Probably she didn't know the word pagan, and didn't care enough to ask. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween] Reference
And pagan is too generic, and I don't think appropriate for the story I need this for. From Wordnik.com. [Oh great LJ Hive Mind...] Reference
So on the ride home mom and Laura made 2 or 4 remarks using the word pagan or paganism. From Wordnik.com. [waterdiluted Diary Entry] Reference
Curses are not remote in pagan antiquity nor lost as a means of expressing religious feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Cursing God | Disinformation] Reference
Other theories imply that the cross symbolizes the four quarters of the moon, important in pagan ritual. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Under the harlot's superintendence, the world power puts forth blasphemous pretensions worse than in pagan days. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The word pagan originally referred generally to believers in non-Christian deities, such as the gods of ancient Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Kentucky.com: Homepage] Reference
The joyous substratum of his nature (what he himself called his pagan self) broke through its sombre integuments and asserted itself. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Scandinavian Literature] Reference
The word pagan simply means country-dweller, although many contemporary neo-pagans are urban dwellers, as were many pagans in classical times. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Cunningham: Honoring the Elements: The Pagan Roots of Religion] Reference
My email address is "pagan" -- and I chose it because I recognise a spirituality beyond the institution. From Wordnik.com. [Voices by Ursula Le Guin] Reference
It told me that I was a neo-pagan, which is about right, actually. From Wordnik.com. [M.O.T your soul] Reference
To them the pagan was the incarnation of all that is vile, a creature whose every act was dictated by the devil. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
I do not appreciate being called a pagan by this "gentlemen" and I shall be staying well clear of his horrible videos. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Hayes also identifies as a pagan, Waddell noted, adding that he is "primarily known to friends and colleagues as Purple Crow.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
But to antiquity the 'pagan' cults were no mockery. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
He'd been complaining bitterly about "pagan" practices. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: In the Spirit of the Season] Reference
"It looks like you're engaged in some kind of pagan ritual.". From Wordnik.com. [Give Us Forever]
America, where erudition is not appreciated as it is in "pagan" China. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Some of us in the "pagan" realm simply view him as an inspirational moral leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Rendition of Christ:] Reference
However the Classical Latin term the original 'pagan' one is Dies Saturni 'Day of Saturn'. From Wordnik.com. [The celestial bodies Etruscan-style] Reference
The Latin root from which "pagan" derives means "country dweller," not to be confused with landed gentry. From Wordnik.com. [A State of the Season Address] Reference
I wish the Americans knew more of Confucius and his code of morals; they would then see that we are not so "pagan" as they suppose. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Now this lady, who believed me to be a "pagan" and unsaved, was a product of the American school system, yet she had never read a line of. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
If that wasn't enough, one lucky "pagan" from every grade would march on up, candle in hand, for his or her own little bit of consecration. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Sachs: Who Won The War On Christmas? At My School, It Was The Druids] Reference
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