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gentile 音標拼音: [dʒ'ɛnt ,ɑɪl] n. 非猶太人,異邦人,異教徒
a. 非猶太人的,異教徒的,非摩門教徒的 非猶太人,異邦人,異教徒非猶太人的,異教徒的,非摩門教徒的 gentile adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of non- Jewish peoples n 1: a person who does not acknowledge your god [ synonym: { heathen}, { pagan}, { gentile}, { infidel}] 2: a person who is not a member of one' s own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus 3: a Christian as contrasted with a Jew [ synonym: { gentile}, { non- Jew}, { goy}] 4: a Christian; " Christians refer to themselves as gentiles" Gentile \ Gen" tile\, a. 1. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Gram.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective. [ 1913 Webster]
Gentile \ Gen" tile\ ( j[ e^] n" t[ imac] l), n. [ L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to { Roman}, a foreigner; in opposition to { Jew} or { Christian}, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See { Gentle}, a.] 1. One neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A person who is not Jewish; -- used in this sense by Jews. Syn: goy[ male], shiksa[ female]. [ PJC] Note: The Hebrews included in the term g[= o] yim, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christians translated g[= o] yim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to all nations who were neither Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination was given to all nations who were not Romans. As used by Mormons, the term gentile designates any person who is not a Mormon. Syn: Pagan; heathen. See { Pagan}. [ 1913 Webster] 46 Moby Thesaurus words for " gentile": atheist, atheistic, clannish, disbeliever, ethnic, family, genetic, gentilic, giaour, goy, goyish, heathen, infidel, infidelic, kaffir, lineal, minimifidian, misbelieving, national, non- Christian, non- Jew, non- Jewish, non- Mohammedan, non- Mormon, non- Moslem, non- Muhammadan, non- Muslim, nonbeliever, nullifidian, pagan, phyletic, phylogenetic, profane, racial, secularist, shegets, shiksa, totemic, tribal, unbeliever, unbelieving, unchristian, uncircumcised, zendician, zendik, zendikite |
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