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Definition
Taken from the Roman term for a rural dweller, this term came to be applied to those who are not Christian, particularly followers of the classical religion of Greece and Rome and of the pre-Christian religions of Europe.
Translation
Greek: ethnoi
Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.