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GENTILE , in the See also:

English See also:Bible, the See also:term generally applied to those who were not of the Jewish See also:race. It is an See also:adaptation of the See also:Lat. gentilis, of or belonging to the same gens, the See also:clan or See also:family; as defined in See also:Paulus ex Festo " gentilis dicitur et ex eodem genere ortus et is qui simili nomine; ut ait Cincius, gentiles mihi sunt, qui meo nomine appellantur." In See also:post-Augustan Latin gentilis became wider in meaning, following the usage of gens, in the sense of race, nation, and meant "See also:national," belonging to the same race. Later still the word came to mean " See also:foreign," i.e. other than See also:Roman, and was so used in the See also:Vulgate, with genies, to translate the See also:Hebrew goyyim, nations, LXX. fOvi, the non-Israelitish peoples (see further See also:JEws).

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