pagan

PAGAN

idololatra (Tert.); paganus (Aug.; in classical Latin of a village villager): gentilis ethnicus (ecclesiastical); non Christianus (Tert.); *doctrinae Christianae or sacrorum Christianorum expers; *falsorum or adumbratorum deorum cultor.

pagan (subs.): pāgānus (late): usu. pl.: Aug. ("deorum falsorum multorumque cultores paganos vocamus."--Retract. 2, 43): Isid. 8, 10: Hier.: v. HEATHEN, IDOLATER.

pagan (adj.): pāgānus: p. rites and ceremonies, ritus cultusque p., Cod. Theod. See also HEATHEN (adj.).