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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/ ˈɛԳٲɪ /
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
2/ ˈپː /
noun
Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). 1875–1944, Italian Idealist philosopher and Fascist politician: minister of education (1922–24)
gentile
3/ ˈɛԳٲɪ /
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
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.”
Other Word Forms
- nongentile adjective
- pro-Gentile adjective
- ungentile adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gentile1
Example Sentences
Want to watch a Jewish guy and a gentile woman humorously navigate their relationship?
Noah was initially written to be a lot more like Tikhman, leaving Levitan unsure whether the stakes between a Jew and gentile who fall in love were high enough for a TV audience.
That’s why I used to like gentile delis where I could get pork.
Now, because it occurs around the biggest holiday here for our gentile friends, we make a much bigger deal out of it.
According to the Torah — for gentiles, the first five books of the so-called Hebrew Bible — Jews celebrate the holiday Yom Kippur to honor the anniversary of when God forgave them.
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