PAGAN

Pagan

Pagan is a volcanic island in the Mariana Islands archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands . Formerly inhabited, the inhabitants were evacuated due to volcanic eruptions in 1981.

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pagan

Noun

  1. A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan.
    This community has a surprising number of pagans.
  2. An uncivilized or unsocialized person
  3. Especially an unruly, badly educated child.

Adjective

  1. Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.
    ''Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
  2. Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.


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