Definition
The condition or quality of being heathen; a state of ignorance of the true faith, from a Christian viewpoint.
Etymology
From 'heathen' + archaic '-esse' suffix (variant of '-ness'). This represents Middle English spelling and morphology, where '-esse' was an alternative way to form abstract nouns, seen also in words like 'Godesse' and 'slewesse.'
Kelly Says
English spelling and suffixes were incredibly fluid in Middle English—writers might spell the same word five different ways in one document! The '-esse' variant eventually lost out to '-ness,' but both forms existed happily side-by-side for centuries.
Translations
CACatalà
paganisme
pah-gah-nee-sme
CSČeština
pohanství
poh-han-st-vi
DADansk
hedenskab
he-den-ska-b
DEDeutsch
Heidentum
haye-den-toom
ELΕλληνικά
παγανισμός
pah-gah-nis-mos
ESEspañol
paganismo
pah-gah-nee-smo
FISuomi
pakanuuden
pah-ka-nuu-den
FRFrançais
paganisme
pah-gah-nee-zhm
GUGU
પાગણપણું
pah-gan-pa-nu
HEעברית
עֲשֵׂרֶת
a-she-ret
HUMagyar
pogányság
poh-ga-ny-sagh
IDBahasa Indonesia
paganisme
pah-gah-nee-sme
ITItaliano
paganesimo
pah-gah-neh-zee-mo
MRMR
अंधश्रद्धा
and-sha-d-dha
MSBahasa Melayu
paganisme
pah-gah-nee-sme
NLNederlands
heidendom
hay-den-dom
NONorsk
heidentum
he-den-tum
PLPolski
pogaństwo
poh-gah-n-st-voh
PTPortuguês
paganismo
pah-gah-nee-zmoh
RORomână
paganism
pah-gah-niz-m
RUРусский
язычество
yazhishchestvo
SVSvenska
helighet
hay-lee-het
SWKiswahili
ukristo
oo-kri-sto
THไทย
ศาสนาพราหมณ์
sa-na-pra-mon
TLTL
paganismo
pah-gah-nee-smo
TRTürkçe
paganlık
pah-gah-lihk
UKУкраїнська
язичництво
ya-zich-nyt-stvo
VITiếng Việt
phật giáo
fət giao