HEATHENS

Definition: HEATHENS

HEATHENS

Plural

1. Of Heathen

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "HEATHENS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Crosswords: HEATHENS

Specialty definitions using "HEATHENS": DRUIDS ♦ HEATHEN ♦ Winfrith. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	There are two things in the world I can't abide: it's heat and heathens. (Death on the Nile; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Anthony Shaffer)
Lyrics	Me and the rest of my heathens ("Hot in Herre"; performing artist: NELLY)
Movie/TV Titles	Heathens (1995)
Song Titles	Reincarnation Song, The (performing artist: Howie and the Heathens) St. James Infirmary (performing artist: Howie and the Heathens)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DRUIDS, n. Priests and ministers of an ancient Celtic religion which did not disdain to employ the humble allurement of human sacrifice. Very little is now known about the Druids and their faith. Pliny says their religion, originating in Britain, spread eastward as far as Persia. Caesar says those who desired to study its mysteries went to Britain. Caesar himself went to Britain, but does not appear to have obtained any high preferment in the Druidical Church, although his talent for human sacrifice was considerable. Druids performed their religious rites in groves, and knew nothing of church mortgages and the season-ticket system of pew rents. They were, in short, heathens and -- as they were once complacently catalogued by a distinguished prelate of the Church of England -- Dissenters.
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"HEATHENS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "HEATHENS" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	96.55%	28	65,706
Noun (proper)	3.45%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	29	N/A

Language		Translations for "HEATHENS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Heiden (gentiles, pagans, the heathen). (various references)

Pig Latin		eathenshay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	natio, natione, nationem, nationes, nationi, nationibus, nationis, nationum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"HEATHENS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eathens, healthen, hearhen, hearthen, heathan, heatherns, heathin, hethen, hethens. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: ensheath.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-h-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: ethanes, heathen, sheathe.
	-2 letters: enates, ethane, hasten, heaths, sateen, senate, sheath, snathe, thanes.
	-3 letters: antes, ashen, eaten, enate, etnas, haets, hanse, hants, haste, hates, heath, heats, hents, heths, nates, neath, neats, sente, setae, sheen, sheet, shent, snath, stane, tease, teens, tense, thane, thens, these.
	-4 letters: anes, ante, ants, ates, ease, east, eath, eats, etas, eths, etna, haen, haes, haet, hahs, hant, hash, hast, hate, hath, hats, heat, hehs, hens, hent, hest, heth, hets, neat, nest, nets, sane, sate, seat, seen, sene, sent, seta, shah, shat, shea, tans, teas, teen, tees, tens, thae, than, thee, then.
	-5 letters: ane, ant, ash, ate, eat, ens, eta, eth, hae, hah, has, hat, heh, hen, hes, het, nae, nah, nee, net, nth, sae, sat, sea, see, sen, set, sha, she, shh, tae, tan, tas, tea, tee, ten, the.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-h-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: ensheathe, ensheaths, unsheathe.
	+2 letters: earthshine, ensheathed, ensheathes, heathenish, heathenism, hyphenates, insheathed, naphthenes, unsheathed, unsheathes.
	+3 letters: earthshines, ensheathing, headhunters, healthiness, hearthstone, heathendoms, heathenisms, heathenizes, theophanies.
	+4 letters: hearthstones, heathenishly, naphthalenes, thunderheads, unhealthiest.
	+5 letters: asthenosphere, ethnographers, ethnographies, haughtinesses, healthfulness, healthinesses, helminthiases, hotheadedness, nephropathies, phanerophytes, phenanthrenes, unhealthiness.
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