Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- païens
- Transliteration
- païens
- Rejected alternatives
- étrangers
Gentiles
‘Païens’ carries a pejorative ‘uncivilized/irreligious’ connotation in modern French stronger than the neutral original sense. Prefer ‘les nations’ or ‘non-Juifs’ in mission-emphasis contexts.
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