I. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they too babbled in their heathen soup.
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Elijah has to drag them back from the worship of the heathen fertility gods introduced by Jezebel.
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So much good did it do them to take him up to that heathen place in Naas.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Baptist asked why the easterners invaded their churches instead of heading for the heathen out yonder.
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He seems to have lost the knack when he most needed it, for he was stoned to death by unimpressed heathens.
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If the religious lobby has its way, Sundays will certainly be duller for the heathen .
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Inside, bartenders wearing leather harnesses serve beer in cans to an assortment of brutes, heathens, and opera buffs.
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Only on Everhope had the heathen met the fate they deserved.
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Overseas Mission was not so popular when we realized the heathen were nearer than we thought.
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Returning missionaries spoke to large audiences who were eager to hear how their efforts elevated the heathen .
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To his own granddaughter, Glover knew he and his father, their whole constituency, must seem as innocent as heathens.