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Heathendom came again, the circumspection and the holy fears ...
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The adoption of female attire by the priesthood, however, was not confined to the worshippers of Venus Urania; it was widely spread throughout Heathendom; so widely that, as we learn from Tacitus, the priests of the Naharvali (in modern Denmark) officiated in the dress of women.
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The Christian apologists, who stood face to face with Heathendom, positively declared that all the deities of Paganism were deified men.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Heathendom was all lies, darkness, and the service of the devil.
The Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. II. 1872-1939 1904
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Heathendom or Christendom could be more beautiful than Florence at any season of the year.
The God of Love 1898
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Heathendom had believed in and sought after, in the religion which emanates from Bethlehem.
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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And if we look nearer home, we must acknowledge that the condition of England has not always been such as to inspire Heathendom with a lively desire to be like us.
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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Heathendom might reply, which have elapsed since the world "rose out of chaos," you have improved very little on the manners of those primeval monsters which "tare each other in the slime."
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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Heathendom may have been represented also, for it may be that messengers from the great caliph of Bagdad, the renowned
Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Charles Morris 1877
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Heathendom_; Usener, _Götternamen_; articles "Celts" and
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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