pagan
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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
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
“Por uno pagan todos. One sins, and everyone pays,” he says.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
It starts with a Roman empire, where there's a difference between citizens and barbarians, and later on between Christians and pagans.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2023
For a millennium or so there were ancients and moderns, which corresponded roughly to pagans and Christians.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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