gentilism noun3 •heathenism; paganism; the worship of pagan gods •a heathenish practice.He wrote to Timothy to put him on his guard against it; and styles the gentilisms, "profane vain babblings; and oppositions of science falsely so called" (1Tim 6:20). — 1848 •tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens or clan. formsgentilisms
