pagan

noun

1. 异教徒（信奉非主流宗教者）
   a person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world's main religions
2. 教外人（旧时的基督徒用以指非基督徒）
   used in the past by Christians to describe a person who did not believe in Christianity

1. 异教（徒）的
   Pagan beliefs and activities do not belong to any of the main religions of the world and take nature and a belief in many gods as a basis. They are older, or are believed to be older, than other religions.
2. N-COUNT 异教徒（旧时指不信奉基督教的人）
   In former times, pagans were people who did not believe in Christianity and who many Christians considered to be inferior people.
   1. The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.
      那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
   2. ...female saints who took vows of virginity rather than submit to an undesired marriage with a pagan.
      立誓独身也不愿屈服与异教徒结婚的女圣人

1. The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin
   唱圣诞颂歌的风俗源自异教徒早期的舞蹈仪式。
2. The word Easter derives from Eostre, the pagan goddess of spring.
   Easter（复活节）一词由Eostre（多神教的春天女神）衍生而来。
3. The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.
   那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
4. In fact, Easter was originally a pagan festival.
   而事实上，最初的复活节是异教徒的节日。
5. This was originally a pagan festival of the dead, but later became a holiday to honor Christian saints.
   它原先是异教徒们纪念死者的节日，但是逐渐演变成一个纪念基督圣者的节日。
6. That is really pagan fatalism.
   这是名符其实的异教宿命论。
7. There were twelve pagan gods in all.
   那是全部的十二个异教神祗。
8. We don't think there were any of these churches that were actually practicing pagan idolatry.
   我们认为，这些教会并没有人，崇拜异教徒偶像。
9. Many pagan festivals used trees when honoring their gods and spirits.
   许多异教的节日时，用树木纪念他们的神和烈酒。
10. The Easter egg has both pagan and Christian origins.
    复活节彩蛋既有异教的又有基督教的起源。
11. His mother was a Christian, his father was a pagan, and there was this conflict with them.
    他母亲是基督徒，父亲不信教，因此家里有一种矛盾。
12. Tabor re-appears in history no more as a stone quarry but as a pagan sanctuary.
    大博尔再度出现在历史中已不再是一个石矿场，而是一个非基督徒的避难所。
13. More influential still, but not to good effect, were the religious and moral views of pagan antiquity.
    更有影响力仍在，但没有很好的效果，是宗教和道德的看法古代异教。
14. Many pagan ceremonials were eventually adopted by the church.
    许多异教的仪式最终被基督教采用了。
15. C Easter was borrowed from the pagan festival celebrating the rebirth of the sun.
    复活节是借用了异教徒节庆祝太阳的复活。
16. Trees, wreaths, holly, mistletoe and the like are strictly forbidden as pagan and heathen!
    树木、花圈、冬青、槲寄生等都是严格禁止的异教徒和不信教的！
17. Pagan gods that fitted in to the old, hierarchical world with its Pharaoh would have threatened that.
    而属于法老王统治的旧等级社会的异教神，则对此造成了威胁。
18. While Easter is a Christian tradition, it is connected to an old pagan holiday.
    虽然复活节是基督教的一个传统，但却和一个古老的异教节日有关。
19. Christianity shattered the unity of the ancient, pagan world.
    基督教将古代异教徒世界的统一性打得粉碎。
20. Still retain some vestiges of the pagan admiration for beauty.
    仍然保留了一些异教徒对美丽的欣赏。
21. Some altars to pagan gods still remain.
    一些敬奉异教神灵的祭坛还保留着。
22. He traded his sister to a pagan.
    他用他的姐妹跟一个异教徒做了交易。
23. It was closely identified with pagan religions and superstitions.
    他被视为异教徒的信仰和迷信。
24. The priest grafted pagan rites upon Christian usage.
    这个牧师把异教徒的仪式融合于基督教惯例中。
25. Currently I am studying the older, pagan religions of Arcanum.
    目前我正在研究奥秘中古老的异教信仰。
26. This hellenization program led finally to acceptance of many pagan practices.
    这种希腊化进程最终导致接纳了许多异教做法。
27. But as Christianity spread they were alarmed by the continuing celebration of pagan customs and Saturnalia among their converts.
    但随着基督教的传播，他们震惊的是异教习俗和他们之间的转换农神节庆祝活动持续。
28. Other biblical prophets pointed out that priests had started worshiping idols in the temple and engaging in pagan rituals.
    圣经里还有先知也指出，牧师们曾有崇拜偶像的事，从异教徒的礼仪。
29. The Greek pagan world was not modern, and the modern Christian world is not Greek.
    希腊的异教世界不是现代的，而现代的基督教世界也不是希腊的。
30. Ironic indeed that pagan Rome here would have this longstanding influence upon Christianity.
    真正出乎意料的是，异教的罗马因此而对基督教发生着长远的影响。

noun

1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

   Synonym:    heathengentileinfidel

2. someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

   Synonym:    hedonistpleasure seeker

3. a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

adj

1. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

   Synonym:    heathenheathenishethnic