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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

heathenness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English hethenesse, from Old English hǣþennes (“heathenism, heathenry, heathendom”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþinnassī (“heathenness”), equivalent to heathen + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Quality of being heathen.

Forms

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heathenesse alternative, obsolete lexicographic