Pā'gan-ism, n.

n. [Fr. paganisme, Pr. paganisme, pagenesme, Sp. & Pg. paganismo, It. paganesimo, paganesmo. See PAGAN.] The worship of false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.

Men instructed from their infancy in the principles and duties of Christianity, never sink to the degradation of paganism. G. Spring.