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English
Etymology
From pagan + -ry.
Pronunciation
Noun
paganry (usually uncountable, plural paganries)
- Paganism.
- (countable) A body of pagans.
- Synonym: heathenry
1881, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “Historical”, in Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads. A Commentary , volume I, London: Bernard Quaritch, , →OCLC, § 2 (D.D. Joam II. and Manoel), footnote 1, page 292:[Afonso de] Albuquerque, throughout his career, favoured the Hindu paganry against the Hindí Moslems, finding the former much less intractable.
1960, J. D. Chambers, “The Place of Economic History in Historical Studies”, in N. B. Harte, editor, Study of Economic History: Collected Inaugural Lectures 1893-1970, published 1975, page 240:Yet you could hunt for slaves in the countries round about: Celtic Christians of the far West, generally treated as heretics; Islam; Slavonic, Baltic or Finnish 'paganries'
2008, Bill Kauffman, Ain't my America, page 41:missionary progressives ready to teach the paganry the rudiments of tithing and toothbrushing
References
- Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, 1954