paganism
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The conference "Imagining Nordic Paganism: Cultural Memories and Scholarly Thought Since the Middle Ages" focuses on the long history of how Scandinavian paganism has been interpreted.
From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025
A typical Easter feast includes lamb, which symbolizes Jesus' self-sacrifice as the "Lamb of God" in Christianity and the spring equinox in Paganism; and ham, which symbolizes luck.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2023
She turned to Paganism when she was 12 and living on the Isle of Mull.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021
Gay won the National Book Award in 1967 for "The Enlightenment: An Interpretation. The Rise of Modern Paganism" and received a gold medal in 1996 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
From US News • May 12, 2015
Thus Paganism held on, still maintained and protected by law, but exposed to occasional outrages from individual violence, when, by a sudden catastrophe, it found itself seated once more on the throne.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
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Power Suffix: -ism
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