Meaning of gentile in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈdʒɛntaɪl/

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  1. Noun

    gentile

    Definitions

    1. a person who does not acknowledge your God

    Derived terms

  2. 2. a person who is not a member of one's own religion

    Examples

    • « used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus »
  3. 3. in this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew

    Examples

    • « 'goy' is a derogatory word for Christians used by Jews »

  4. Qualitative Adjective

    gentile

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Latin gentilis‘of a family or nation, of the same clan’ (used in the Vulgate to refer to non-Jews), from gens, gent-‘family, race’, from the root of gignere‘beget’

    Definitions

    1. belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

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