GENTILE


Meaning of GENTILE in English

[ 'dʒɛntʌɪl ]

■ adjective

1》 ( Gentile ) not Jewish.

2》 not belonging to one's own religious community, in particular ( historical ) non-Mormon.

3》 chiefly Anthropology relating to or indicating a nation or clan, especially a gens.

■ noun ( Gentile ) a person who is not Jewish.

Origin

ME: from L. gentilis 'of a family or nation, of the same clan', from gens , gent- 'family, race'.

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