"Heathenry" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From heathenry. Etymology templates: {{m|en|heathenry}} heathenry Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Heathenry
  1. The old Germanic (Norse, Anglo-Saxon, etc.) religion(s). Categories (topical): Germanic paganism Related terms: Heathen, Ásatrú, Asatru (english: the Norse or Scandinavian variant), Germanic neopaganism, neopaganism, paganism, Theodism (english: an Anglo-Saxon or Old English variant) Translations (modern reconstructed Germanic religion): uuspakanuus (Finnish), heiðni [feminine] (Icelandic), etenismo [masculine] (Portuguese), язы́чество (jazýčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), асатру (asatru) [masculine] (Russian), forn sed [common-gender] (Swedish), fornsed [common-gender] (Swedish), nyhedendom [common-gender] (Swedish), hedendom [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (old Germanic religion): pakanuus (Finnish), heiðni [feminine] (Icelandic), язы́чество (jazýčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), paganismo germano [masculine] (Spanish), etenismo [masculine] (Spanish), etenería [feminine] (Spanish), hedendom [common-gender] (Swedish), forn sed [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Heathenry-en-name-7IcgOvCh Disambiguation of Germanic paganism: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Coordinate_terms: agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism [edit] Disambiguation of 'modern reconstructed Germanic religion': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'old Germanic religion': 79 21
  2. Any modern reconstruction of one of these religions; Germanic neopaganism. Coordinate_terms (religions): religion
    Sense id: en-Heathenry-en-name-0MTJVAC0 Disambiguation of 'religions': 17 83

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