gentilism (jentilizm)

[= Sp. Pg. gentil is mo; as gentile + -ism.] The state or character of being gentile or a gentile; formerly, heathenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.. plainly commended, or rath A free Commonwealth er enjoin'd by our Saviour himself, to all Christians, not without remarkable disallowance, and the brand of Gen tilism upon Kingship. Milton , Free Commonwealth. A proselyte could not be admitted from gentilism or idolatry, unle he gave up his name to the religion. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 408. gentilitial (jen-ti-lish'al), a. Same as gentil i tious. IMG:content-2212.png:[graphic] It will be found upon examination that, according to the historians, the public devotion was principally directed towards gentilitial, tutelary, and local deities. Farmer, Worship of Human Spirits, iii. § 1. Pathros, the local name, from which the gentilitial noun "Pathrusim" is formed, occurs frequently in the writings of the Jewish prophets, where it designates, apparently, a district of Egypt. G. Rawlinson, Origin of Nations, ii. 218. gent i gentilitious (jen-ti-lish'us), a. [= Sp. gentil i cio, Nor is it proved or probable that Sergius changed the name of Bocca di Porco, for this was his sirname or gent i litious appellation. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., vii. 16. Sir Thomas Browne uses with effect the argument that a mixed race cannot have a national smell. Among a mongrel people, he contends, no odor could be gentilitious . P. Robinson, Under the Sun, p. 306.