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pagan

[pey-guhn] / ˈpeɪ gən /




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Modern directors and adapters are wary of the civic and cosmic levels, perhaps out of fear that pagan prophets and citizen choruses will seem artificial or dated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 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

The coin dates back to the same era as the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial, which, as Dr Marsden explained, had a mix of Christian and pagan grave goods.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2025

“It goes back to pagan times when we’d get together for the harvest and feasting. Humans don’t really need much reason to get together and party, and this is our alternative to religion.”

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2025

The growing Christian Church was consolidating its power and attempting to eradicate pagan influence and culture.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Stonehenge was built by pagans, the Washington Monument was built by Masons and the Statue of Liberty was built by the French.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2023

Everyone recoiled all at once—the Mussalmans, Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, pagans, Sikhs, in my case an almost-Zoroastrian, and all-of-the-above in the case of Samir, the Seller of Dreams.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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