pagan
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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
Perhaps his Ye Olde Tinder profile read: “Aspiring playwright seeks older woman, pagan preferred.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
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
"It's got this fascinating iconography of a little figure with a long cross - explicitly Christian - over the valknut design, which has pagan roots."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025
So when Papa finally decided to, after extensive talks with the parish priest and insisting that all pagan undertones be removed from his title-taking ceremony, it was like a mini New Yam festival.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing pagan
Human Geography - High School
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