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pagan

[pey-guhn] / ˈpeɪ gən /




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“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

Catholic Normans, returning from the Crusades, have been granted the land and titles previously held by the pagan Saxons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Historians believe that Valentine's Day is rooted in the Roman love and fertility festival, Lupercalia, and was a move by Gelasius I to Christianise pagan traditions.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

I knew that the items must belong to a ragman, but there was something eerie about the way they were sorted, as though they were pagan offerings.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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