pagan
Example Sentences
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Both authors admired the way that the medievals combined pagan virtues with Christian theology to sustain a culture that was simultaneously vital and humane.
Judith Mair, a visiting professor at Edinburgh Napier University says the festival of Hogmanay in Scotland goes back to pagan times.
From BBC
Wearing Celtic clothing and elaborate, nature-inspired headdresses, druids and pagans danced around the Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire thought to have been built by distant ancestors to align with the movements of the Sun.
From BBC
Perhaps his Ye Olde Tinder profile read: “Aspiring playwright seeks older woman, pagan preferred.”
From Los Angeles Times
Scandinavian studies scholars Roland Scheel and Simon Hauke are examining at the Cluster of Excellence how the medieval roots of the 'pagan North' shaped later interpretations and how these ideas have evolved over time.
From Science Daily
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