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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