Gentile
noun
A person who is not Jewish.
In ancient times, Jews were forbidden to marry gentiles.
Often appears as...
- marry a gentile
- convert to gentiles
adjective
Not Jewish.
The restaurant serves gentile food, not kosher.
Often appears as...
- gentile religion
- gentile customs
noun
A person who is not Jewish.
In ancient times, Jews were forbidden to marry gentiles.
Often appears as...
- marry a gentile
- convert to gentiles
adjective
Not Jewish.
The restaurant serves gentile food, not kosher.
Often appears as...
- gentile religion
- gentile customs
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used to discuss religious identity and background.
He was raised as a gentile but has an interest in Jewish culture.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
The term can be sensitive; understand the cultural and religious implications before using it.
Before discussing religious beliefs, make sure 'gentile' is used respectfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Gentile' specifically refers to non-Jews, not non-believers of other religions.
While both Muslims and Christians are gentiles, the term doesn't group other faiths.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used to discuss religious identity and background.
He was raised as a gentile but has an interest in Jewish culture.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
The term can be sensitive; understand the cultural and religious implications before using it.
Before discussing religious beliefs, make sure 'gentile' is used respectfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Gentile' specifically refers to non-Jews, not non-believers of other religions.
While both Muslims and Christians are gentiles, the term doesn't group other faiths.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used to discuss religious identity and background.
He was raised as a gentile but has an interest in Jewish culture.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
The term can be sensitive; understand the cultural and religious implications before using it.
Before discussing religious beliefs, make sure 'gentile' is used respectfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Gentile' specifically refers to non-Jews, not non-believers of other religions.
While both Muslims and Christians are gentiles, the term doesn't group other faiths.
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Video examples
D-L Stewart: Scenes from...
our breasts and genitalia could be turned into profit. The Black body was made not white and therefore not worthy of gender. And under the weight of the gentile tulle
Video examples
D-L Stewart: Scenes from...
our breasts and genitalia could be turned into profit. The Black body was made not white and therefore not worthy of gender. And under the weight of the gentile tulle
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Quote examples
Tom Reiss
American Author
In 1817, Czar Alexander I personally founded the Society of Israelite Christians but had less luck defeating Judaism than he'd had defeating Napoleon; gentile serfs and merchants in areas bordering the Pale even showed disturbing new signs of 'Judaizing.
Quote examples
Lorraine Hansberry
American Playwright
Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles about Jews; whites about blacks; haves about have-nots.
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Tara Westover
American Historian
Although my family attended the same church as everyone in our town, our religion was not the same. I could stand with my family or with the gentiles... but there was no foothold in between.
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Tim LaHaye
American Clergyman
But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth.
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Don Rickles
American Comedian
I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
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Paul Engle
American Poet
I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.
Quote examples
Tom Reiss
American Author
In 1817, Czar Alexander I personally founded the Society of Israelite Christians but had less luck defeating Judaism than he'd had defeating Napoleon; gentile serfs and merchants in areas bordering the Pale even showed disturbing new signs of 'Judaizing.
Quote examples
Lorraine Hansberry
American Playwright
Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles about Jews; whites about blacks; haves about have-nots.
Quote examples
Tara Westover
American Historian
Although my family attended the same church as everyone in our town, our religion was not the same. I could stand with my family or with the gentiles... but there was no foothold in between.
Quote examples
Tim LaHaye
American Clergyman
But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth.
Quote examples
Don Rickles
American Comedian
I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
Quote examples
Paul Engle
American Poet
I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys.
Quote examples
Robin Williams
American Comedian
Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.
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