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gentile
gen·tile / ˈjentīl/ • adj. 1. (Gentile) not Jewish: Christianity spread from Jewish into Gentile cultures. ∎ (of a person) not belonging to one's own religious community. ∎ (in the Mormon church) non-Mormon. 2. chiefly Anthropol. of, relating to, or indicating a nation or clan, esp. a gens. • n. (Gentile) a person who is not Jewish. |
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"gentile." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gentile." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gentile.html "gentile." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gentile.html |
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Gentile
Gentile a person who is not Jewish. The name is recorded from late Middle English and comes 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 ‘to beget’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Gentile." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Gentile." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Gentile.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Gentile." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Gentile.html |
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gentile non-Jewish, †pagan XIV; pert. to a tribe or nation XVI. — L. gentīlis of the same family or nation, (in eccl. use) heathen, pagan, f. gēns, gent-, race, people, f. IE. *gen- (see KIN).
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T. F. HOAD. "gentile." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gentile." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gentile.html T. F. HOAD. "gentile." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gentile.html |
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gentile
•tactile • pantile
•erectile, insectile, projectile
•gentile, percentile
•reptile
•sextile, textile
•hairstyle • freestyle • fictile • epistyle
•peristyle • acetyl • lifestyle • hostile
•homestyle
•butyl, futile, rutile, utile
•ductile • fluviatile • infantile
•decastyle • mercantile • cyclostyle
•volatile • hypostyle • tetrastyle
•hexastyle • versatile • fertile
•turnstile • servile • meanwhile
•erstwhile • exile
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"gentile." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gentile." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gentile.html "gentile." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gentile.html |
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