heathenness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Quality of being heathen.

Word forms

heathenness heathenesse

Etymology

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

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