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The word pagan comes from the Latin word paganus, meaning “country dweller,” or peasant.
Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002
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The word pagan comes from the Latin word paganus, meaning “country dweller,” or peasant.
Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002
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Linguistically, the word pagan derives from the Latin word "paganus", which means "a villager", or a "country dweller".
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France's shockingly recent 'pagan' past (from the word paganus, not coincidentally Latin for 'rustic') is resurrected in Graham Robb's
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France's shockingly recent 'pagan' past (from the word paganus, not coincidentally Latin for 'rustic') is resurrected in Graham Robb's
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An author who says that _paganus_ means village, who makes _ocula_ the plural of _oculus_, and who supposes that _in petto_ means _in little_, is not qualified to settle Dr. Webster's claims as a philologer, much less to treat him with contempt.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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Latin fathers could fix the original meaning of “paganus.”
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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The opposite of “fidelis” was “paganus” (see below).
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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[732] For the interpretation of paganus as “pagan” we cannot appeal to
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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See the derivation of _pagan_ from paganus, one who lived in the country, as opposed to urbanus, a townsman.
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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