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gentile
[ jen-tahyl ]
adjective
- of or relating to any people not Jewish.
- Christian, as distinguished from Jewish.
- Mormon Church. not Mormon.
- heathen or pagan.
- (of a linguistic expression) expressing nationality or local origins.
- of or relating to a tribe, clan, people, nation, etc.
noun
- a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- (among Mormons) a person who is not a Mormon.
- a heathen or pagan.
Gentile
1/ dʒenˈtiːle /
noun
- GentileGiovanni18751944MItalianPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). 1875–1944, Italian Idealist philosopher and Fascist politician: minister of education (1922–24)
gentile
2/ ˈdʒɛntaɪl /
adjective
- denoting an adjective or proper noun used to designate a place or the inhabitants of a place, as Spanish and Spaniard
- of or relating to a tribe or people
Gentile
3/ ˈdʒɛntaɪl /
noun
- a person who is not a Jew
- a Christian, as contrasted with a Jew
- a person who is not a member of one's own church: used esp by Mormons
- a heathen or pagan
adjective
- of or relating to a race or religion that is not Jewish
- Christian, as contrasted with Jewish
- not being a member of one's own church: used esp by Mormons
- pagan or heathen
Gentile
- Someone who is not a Jew (see also Jews ). “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.”
Notes
Other Words From
- non·gentile adjective noun
- pro-Gentile adjective noun
- un·gentile adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gentile1
Example Sentences
But there is something more that escapes the average Gentile (non-Mormon) perspective, and that is direct spiritual experience.
Cast: Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, George Segal, Hayley Orrantia, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile.
“Some might consider them interesting,” replied defense lawyer Tony Gentile dryly.
Olivia Gentile earned a B.A. from Harvard and an M.F.A. from Columbia.
But in order to deal with capital, capital you must have, or else find some innocent Gentile to lend it you at an easy rate.
She put her hands over her eyes and sank upon her knees, and Maestro Gentile knelt beside her.
These new wants and interests were not only alien to the old gentile order, but thwarted it in every way.
With this fundamental constitution, civilization had accomplished things for which the old gentile society was no match whatever.
The gentle-man—gentile-man—who respected his own gens, or family, or pedigree, was bound to be gentle.
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