paganry

English

Etymology

From pagan +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪɡənɹi/

Noun

paganry (usually uncountable, plural paganries)

1. Paganism.
2. (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