pagan
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This book ends by recounting the transformation of pagan to Christian Rome, from antiquity to medieval era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They lighted a set of fires and formed a circle around the stone remains of an ancient pagan church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The story is that in this period Scandinavia became distinct unified Christian kingdoms from a series of disparate and decentralized pagan tribes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"The reason why they're so popular - certainly with pagan ceremonies - the solar eclipse is thought of as a merging of the sun and the moon."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I knew that the items must belong to a ragman, but there was something eerie about the way they were sorted, as though they were pagan offerings.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
Very bravely he went to the authorities and told them about his family and the pagans they were sheltering, and the soldiers went to the family’s house in the middle of the night.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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