"heathenry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heathenries [plural]
Etymology: heathen + -ry Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heathen|ry}} heathen + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} heathenry (usually uncountable, plural heathenries)
  1. The state of being heathen. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-heathenry-en-noun-jMvq51pG 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, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 94 6
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Heathenry (“Germanic (neo)paganism”) Tags: alt-of, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: Heathenry (extra: (“Germanic (neo)paganism”)) Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-heathenry-en-noun-PCzSlnsC Disambiguation of Germanic paganism: 22 78

Inflected forms

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