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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125940" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125940" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. </p> <p> (2): (n.) The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74373" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74373" /> == | ||
<p> As defined by Carlyle, "plurality of gods, mere sensuous representation of the [[Mystery]] of Life, and for chief recognised element therein [[Physical]] Force, as contrasted with Christianism, or | <p> As defined by Carlyle, "plurality of gods, mere sensuous representation of the [[Mystery]] of Life, and for chief recognised element therein [[Physical]] Force, as contrasted with Christianism, or Faith in an Invisible, not as real only, but as the only reality; Time, through every meanest moment of it, resting on Eternity; [[Pagan]] empire of [[Force]] displaced by a nobler supremacy, that of Holiness." </p> | ||
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