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infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl] n a person who has no religious belief; unbeliever adj
1. rejecting a specific religion, esp Christianity or Islam 2. of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief [from Medieval Latin infidēlis, from Latin (adj): unfaithful, from in-1 + fidēlis faithful; see feal] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
infidel noun unbeliever, sceptic, atheist, heretic, agnostic, heathen, nonconformist, freethinker, nonbeliever a holy war to drive the infidels out Translations infidel n (Hist, Rel) → Ungläubige(r) mf infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl] (liter) 1. n → infedele m/f 2. adj → miscredente infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl] (liter) 1. n → infedele m/f 2. adj → miscredente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``Nay, by St Mary, brother Brian, you must not think you are now in Palestine, predominating over heathen Turks and infidel Saracens; we islanders love not blows, save those of holy Church, who chasteneth whom she loveth. Over and over again in my past experience among my perishing fellow-creatures, the members of the notoriously infidel profession of Medicine had stepped between me and my mission of mercy-- on the miserable pretence that the patient wanted quiet, and that the disturbing influence of all others which they most dreaded, was the influence of Miss Clack and her Books. thou hast seen enough to split the planets and make an infidel of Abraham, and not one syllable is thine |
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