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A pagan is someone who does not follow one of the main world religions, like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism — the word was first used, often , by Christians to describe older nature-based religions that existed before Christianity spread, like the old religions of Rome or Northern Europe. Today, some people also use 'pagan' proudly for themselves, to describe modern nature-based spiritual beliefs. As an adjective, 'pagan' describes anything connected to these older or nature-based beliefs, like a 'pagan festival'.
異教徒；異教的
組成來自拉丁文 paganus，原意可能是「鄉下人、平民」，後來才慢慢變成「不信基督教的人」的意思。
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Paganname詞源 1/ˈpeɪɡən/
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A male given name from Latin.
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A female given name.
- 'I've always believed that one of the reasons she never named Pagan's father was to spare her a similar pain.' 'You don't know who he is?' 'No. And, at the risk of sounding like Candida, I'd give anything to find out.'
- In 2012, author Pagan Kennedy was hired by The New York Times magazine to write a column titled “Who Made That?” She began to hunt the people down behind inventions like sliced bread, the 3-D printer, and lipstick.
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A surname.
- Mrs Pagan was delivered of a posthumous child, and thereafter along with the infant (a girl), she brought a process of aliment against John Pagan, who was a hosier in Dumfries, and alleged to be wealthy,[…]
Paganname詞源 2/pəˈɡɑːn/
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datedThe city of Bagan, Myanmar.
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historicalThe 9th- to 13th-century Burmese kingdom which had its capital at this city.
paganadj/ˈpeɪɡən/
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Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
- Under Christianization, many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
- Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that typically takes on anti-Christian, satanic and pagan themes.
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derogatorySavage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
pagannoun/ˈpeɪɡən/
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A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
- This community has a surprising number of pagans.
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derogatoryAn uncivilized or unsocialized person.
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derogatoryAn unruly, badly educated child.
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An outlaw biker who is a member of the Pagans MC.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。