PAGAN
What does "PAGAN" mean?
A person who follows a polytheistic or nature-based religion outside the main world faiths.
Meanings
- A follower of a polytheistic, folk, or nature-centred religion, especially one predating or outside Christianity. The festival blended Christian and pagan customs.
- Relating to such beliefs, practices, or peoples. Many pagan symbols survive in modern holidays.
Did you know?
- Before it meant 'non-believer', the Latin source of 'pagan' simply meant a rural villager - the religion of the countryside outlasted the cities' new faith, and the word for 'rustic' became the word for 'heathen'.
Word origin
From Latin 'paganus', meaning 'rural villager' or 'civilian', from 'pagus' (country district); early Christians used it for those outside the faith, perhaps as 'country-dweller' or 'non-soldier of Christ'.
Remember it
A PAGAN once meant a villager of the 'pagus' (country district) - picture old gods kept alive in the fields.
A little poem
They kept the old fire where the towns forgot,
fed it on solstice, oak, and quiet song-
the country held what the cathedral lost.
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What it teaches
What a ruling word calls 'backward' is often just an older belonging it could not erase.
Quick facts
What does PAGAN mean?
A person who follows a polytheistic or nature-based religion outside the main world faiths.
Is PAGAN a valid word?
Yes — PAGAN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PAGAN?
PAGAN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PAGAN come from?
From Latin 'paganus', meaning 'rural villager' or 'civilian', from 'pagus' (country district); early Christians used it for those outside the faith, perhaps as 'country-dweller' or 'non-soldier of Christ'.
What can PAGAN teach us?
What a ruling word calls 'backward' is often just an older belonging it could not erase.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.