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infidel

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in·fi·del  (nf-dl, -dl)
n.
1. Offensive An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam.
2. One who has no religious beliefs.
3. One who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.

[Middle English infidele, from Old French, from Latin nfidlis, disloyal : in-, not; see in-1 + fidlis, faithful (from fids, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots).]

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
Noun1.infidelinfidel - a person who does not acknowledge your god
nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
paynim - a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)
idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser, idolizer - a person who worships idols

infidel
noun unbeliever, sceptic, atheist, heretic, agnostic, heathen, nonconformist, freethinker, nonbeliever a holy war to drive the infidels out
Translations
infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl]
A. ADJinfiel, descreído
B. Ninfiel mf, descreído/a m/f
the Infidellos descreídos, la gente descreída
infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl]
ninfidèle mf
adjinfidèle
infidel
n (Hist, Rel) → Ungläubige(r) mf
infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl] (liter)
1. ninfedele m/f
2. adjmiscredente

infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl] (liter)
1. ninfedele m/f
2. adjmiscredente


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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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