heathendom

英 ['hiːðəndəm] 美 ['hiːðəndəm]

• n. 异教，邪教；异端；异教国

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用作名词 (n.)

1. It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written.
   大家知道，僧侣们曾经在古代异教经典的手抄本上面写上荒诞的天主教圣徒传。