- GENTILE
- a NON-JEW.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
GENTILE
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GENTILE — GENTILE, non Jew. It was only during the later Second Temple period that a sharp distinction and a barrier of separation was erected between the Jew and the gentile. The prohibition of marriage, which in the Bible was limited to the seven… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gentile — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Bartolomeo di Gentile ( 1465– 1534), italienischer Maler Claudio Gentile (* 1953), italienischer Fußballspieler und trainer Emilio Gentile (* 1946), italienischer Historiker und Faschismusforscher… … Deutsch Wikipedia
GENTILE (G.) — GENTILE GIOVANNI (1875 1944) Ancien élève de l’École normale supérieure de Pise, Gentile enseigne dès 1903 la philosophie aux universités de Naples, de Palerme et de Rome. Il est, après Benedetto Croce, le représentant le plus éminent de la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
gentilé — [ ʒɑ̃tile ] n. m. • 1752; lat. gentile nomen « nom de gens », de gens, gentis « race, famille » ♦ Didact. Dénomination des habitants d un lieu, relativement à ce lieu. ● gentilé nom masculin (latin gentile nomen, nom de famille) Ethnonyme.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
gentile (1) — {{hw}}{{gentile (1)}{{/hw}}agg. 1 Che ha maniere garbate e affabili nei rapporti con gli altri: una persona gentile con tutti | Che mostra garbo e cortesia: invito, pensiero –g; SIN. Affabile, cortese, delicato, garbato. 2 Dotato di aspetto… … Enciclopedia di italiano
Gentile — Gentile, Giovanni * * * (as used in expressions) Gentile da Fabriano Gentile di Niccolò di Massio Gentile, Giovanni … Enciclopedia Universal
gentile — [jen′tīl΄] n. [< Fr & L; Fr gentil < L gentilis, of the same gens, clan, or race, also, foreigner (in opposition to Roman), in LL(Ec), pagan, heathen (in opposition to Jew and Christian): see GENTLE] [also G ] 1. any person not a Jew; often … English World dictionary
Gentile — Gen tile, a. 1. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gentile — Gen tile (j[e^]n t[imac]l), n. [L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to {Roman}, a foreigner; in opposition to {Jew} or {Christian}, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, a.] 1. One neither a Jew … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gentile — [dʒɛn ], Giovanni, italienischer Philosoph und Politiker, * Castelvetrano 30. 5. 1875, ✝ (durch antifaschistische Partisanen ermordet) Florenz 15. 4. 1944; war Professor in Palermo, Pisa und Rom (ab 1917), 1922 24 Unterrichtsminister im… … Universal-Lexikon
Gentile — Gentile, 1) Maler, s. Fabriano; 2) mehrere Dogen von Genua im 16., 17. u. 18. Jahrh., s. Genua (Gesch.) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
