English-Finnish translations for heathendom

Definition of heathendom

• The state of being heathen
• From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion
• Specifically, the non-Christian world; territories where Christianity is not the dominant religion
• The worldwide community that follows Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples

Examples

• The priest argued to the king that unless clerics accompanied the colony ship, the colony would soon descend into heathendom and barbarity.
• My aunt considered all of Europe to be heathendom, and refused to visit us in Amsterdam on religious grounds.
• The Crusaders meant to wrest Jerusalem from heathendom, but they managed to pillage a number of lands in Christendom along the way.

Related words

• heathen
• Heathen
• heathenism
• Heathenry
• heathenish
• heathenishly