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pagan

[pay-guhn] / ˈpeɪ gən /




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The story is that in this period Scandinavia became distinct unified Christian kingdoms from a series of disparate and decentralized pagan tribes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Stobaeus offers his son a strictly pagan view of the afterlife, as a grim and joyless eternity spent underground.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Glenn Turner, the former owner of a pagan and metaphysical shop, is running as a member of the Green Party.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Monsanto—about a 186-mile drive northeast of Lisbon—is Portugal at its most primal and pagan, yet with postcards and cordial citizenry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

My pagan mother alone among us understood redemption.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The Pentagon this year condensed more than 200 religious affiliation codes to 31, initially eliminating specific classifications for atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans, among others.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

They cremated their dead, spoke the Germanic ancestors of Old English and were pagans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

In the ’90s, Westwood took a lot of inspiration from pagans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

And at Stonehenge's equinox celebrations in England, druids, pagans, and anyone else who wants to join in gather to witness the sunrise over the ancient stones.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 21, 2023

Very bravely he went to the authorities and told them about his family and the pagans they were sheltering, and the soldiers went to the family’s house in the middle of the night.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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