The phrase
"pagan world" refers to a time or place where people followed ancient polytheistic religions or beliefs instead of organized religions like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. It describes a world that is not influenced by or adhering to the major established religions.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«pagan»
«world»
Sentences with «pagan world»
- Despite all that we owe to the Greeks and Romans, the ancient, pagan world seems not to have cared much about the individual as such. (firstthings.com)
- It simply tells a story that is set against the Baals and the Marduks of the then pagan world, a wolrd that claimed that their gods created the world after and bitter battle in which the corpses of the losers were used to from the earth. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
- The dignity of man - and therefore the wrongness of killing innocent human beings - stands at the heart of natural law in the Christian dispensation, in contrast with the ancient pagan world. (faith.org.uk)
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