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–adjective (sometimes initial capital letter

)

1.	of or pertaining to any people not Jewish.

2.	Christian, as distinguished from Jewish.

3.	Mormon Church. not Mormon.

4.	heathen or pagan.

5.	(of a linguistic expression) expressing nationality or local origins.

6.	of or pertaining to a tribe, clan, people, nation, etc.

–noun

7.	a person who is not Jewish, esp. a Christian.

8.	(among Mormons) a person who is not a Mormon.

9.	a heathen or pagan.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L gentīlis, equiv. to gent-, s. of géns gens + -īlis -ile

]

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n. often Gentile

One who is not of the Jewish faith or is of a non-Jewish nation.
A Christian.
Archaic A pagan or heathen.
Mormon Church A non-Mormon.

adj.

often Gentile Of or relating to a Gentile.
Of or relating to a gens, tribe, or people.
Grammar Expressing national or local origins.

[Middle English gentil, from Late Latin gentīlis, pagan, from Latin, of the same clan; see gentle.]

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gentile

1160, from L.L. gentilis "foreign, heathen, pagan," from L. gentilis "person belonging to the same family, fellow countryman," from gentilis (adj.) "of the same family or clan," from gens (gen. gentis) "race, clan" (see gentle). Used in Vulgate to translate Gk. ethnikos, from ta ethne "the nations," which translated Heb. ha goyim "the (non-Jewish) nations." Used during 14c. to mean both "one who is not a Christian" and "one who is not a Jew."

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gentile
adjective
1.	belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
noun
1.	a person who does not acknowledge your god [syn: heathen]
2.	a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
3.	a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
4.	a Christian; "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles"

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gentile [ˈdʒentail] noun, adjective

(also with capital in the Bible) (of) anyone who is not a Jew
Example: especiall

Arabic:	غَيْر عِبْراني، مِن الأمَم
Chinese (Simplified):	非犹太人
Chinese (Traditional):	非猶太人
Czech:	pohan; kdo není Žid
Danish:	ikke-jøde; ikke-jødisk
Dutch:	niet-Jood; niet)joods
Estonian:	mittejuut
Finnish:	ei-juutalainen
French:	Gentil, ile; des Gentils
German:	der Heide
Greek:	πας μη Εβραίος
Hungarian:	nem zsidó, pogány
Icelandic:	sem er ekki gyðingur
Indonesian:	bukan Yahudi
Italian:	gentile

Japanese:	異教徒
Korean:	이방인; 이교도의
Latvian:	neebrejs
Lithuanian:	nežydas
Norwegian:	ikke-jøde; ikke-jødisk
Polish:	goj, człowiek niemojżeszowego wyznania
Portuguese (Brazil):	não-judeu
Portuguese (Portugal):	gentio
Romanian:	arian; afectare, (pretenţie de) rafinament
Russian:	язычник
Slovak:	Nežid, -ovka; pohan, -ka; nežidovský; pohanský
Slovenian:	pogan; poganski
Spanish:	gentil, no judío
Swedish:	icke-jude, hedning; icke-judisk
Turkish:	Yahudi olmayan kimse

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Gentile

Someone who is not a Jew. “The nations” is the common expression in the Old Testament for non-Jews as a group, and a Gentile is a person belonging to “the nations.”

Note: Both the Old Testament and the New Testament tell of numerous conflicts between Jews and Gentiles. Figuratively, a “gentile” is any nonbeliever.

[Chapter:] The Bible

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Gentile

Gen"tile\, n. [L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to Roman, a foreigner; in opposition to Jew or Christian, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See Gentle, a.] One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

Note: The Hebrews included in the term g[=o]yim, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christians translated g[=o]yim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to all nations who were neither Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination was given to all nations who were not Romans.

Syn: Pagan; heathen. See Pagan.

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Gentile

Gen"tile\, a. 1. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

2. (Gram.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

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