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gentile

[ jen-tahyl ]

adjective

(sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. of or relating to any people not Jewish.
  2. Christian, as distinguished from Jewish.
  3. Mormon Church. not Mormon.
  4. heathen or pagan.
  5. (of a linguistic expression) expressing nationality or local origins.
  6. of or relating to a tribe, clan, people, nation, etc.


noun

  1. a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
  2. (among Mormons) a person who is not a Mormon.
  3. a heathen or pagan.

gentile

1

/ 藞诲萧蓻苍迟补瑟濒 /

adjective

  1. denoting an adjective or proper noun used to designate a place or the inhabitants of a place, as Spanish and Spaniard
  2. of or relating to a tribe or people
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gentile

2

/ 藞诲萧蓻苍迟补瑟濒 /

noun

  1. a person who is not a Jew
  2. a Christian, as contrasted with a Jew
  3. a person who is not a member of one's own church: used esp by Mormons
  4. a heathen or pagan
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to a race or religion that is not Jewish
  2. Christian, as contrasted with Jewish
  3. not being a member of one's own church: used esp by Mormons
  4. pagan or heathen
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gentile

3

/ 诲萧别苍藞迟颈藧濒别 /

noun

  1. GentileGiovanni18751944MItalianPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman Giovanni (d蕭o藞vanni). 1875鈥1944, Italian Idealist philosopher and Fascist politician: minister of education (1922鈥24)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gentile

  1. Someone who is not a Jew (see also Jews ). 鈥淭he nations鈥 is the common expression in the Old Testament for non-Jews as a group, and a Gentile is a person belonging to 鈥渢he nations.鈥
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Notes

Both the Old Testament and the New Testament tell of numerous conflicts between Jews and Gentiles. Figuratively, a 鈥済entile鈥 is any nonbeliever.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍路驳别苍顎僼颈濒别 adjective noun
  • 辫谤辞-骋别苍顎僼颈濒别 adjective noun
  • 耻苍路驳别苍顎僼颈濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gentile1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin 驳别苍迟墨濒颈蝉, from gent-, stem of 驳脓苍蝉 gens + -墨濒颈蝉 -ile
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gentile1

C14: from Late Latin 驳别苍迟墨濒颈蝉, from Latin: one belonging to the same tribe or family; see gens
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Noah was initially written to be a lot more like Tikhman, leaving Levitan unsure whether the stakes between a Jew and gentile who fall in love were high enough for a TV audience.

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That鈥檚 why I used to like gentile delis where I could get pork.

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Now, because it occurs around the biggest holiday here for our gentile friends, we make a much bigger deal out of it.

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According to the Torah 鈥 for gentiles, the first five books of the so-called Hebrew Bible 鈥 Jews celebrate the holiday Yom Kippur to honor the anniversary of when God forgave them.

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鈥淲e reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans,鈥 he said.

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