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Gentile
not Jewish非犹太人的:Christianity spread from Jewish into Gentile cultures.
基督教从犹太文化传播到非犹太文化。
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- (of a person) not belonging to one's own religious community异教徒的。
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- historical non-Mormon〈史〉非摩门教徒的。
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- chiefly Anthropology of, relating to, or indicating a nation or clan, especially a gens【主人类学】(尤指)氏族的; 民族的; 部落的。
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Gentile
- a person who is not Jewish非犹太人。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin gentilis 'of a family or nation, of the same clan' (used in the Vulgate to refer to non-Jews), from gens, gent- 'family, race', from the root of gignere 'beget'.