gentile
Other forms: gentiles
Use the word gentile to mean non-Jewish, like the gentile friend you invite to your family's Passover Seder because she's curious about Jewish religious traditions.
When Gentile is a noun, it's usually capitalized, and it's most frequently used to contrast a Christian with a Jew. There are other religions that use the word gentile to describe a non-believer, including Mormonism and Hinduism. More generally, gentile refers to a person who doesn't acknowledge a particular god or belief. The root is the Latin gentilis, whose meaning of "fellow countryman or family member" changed over time to mean "foreign, heathen, pagan."
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a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
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a Christian“Christians refer to themselves as gentiles”type of:Christiana religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
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a person who does not acknowledge your godtypes:paynima heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)idolatressa woman idolatertype of:nonreligious persona person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
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a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
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belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
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