heathenish

[ hee-th uh-nish ]

/ ˈhi ðə nɪʃ /

of or relating to heathens: heathenish practices of idolatry.

like or befitting heathens; barbarous.

Origin of heathenish

before 900; Old English hǣthenisc. See heathen, -ish¹

hea·then·ish·ly, adverb hea·then·ish·ness, noun

Wherein then differ the christian religion and the heathenish?

A Christian Directory |Baxter Richard
Now the time had come when the light of saving truth was to shine over Germany and dispel the night of heathenish darkness.

Life of Luther |Gustav Just
They, and their children, are the prey of heathenish modern doctrines, which alas!

Temporal Power |Marie Corelli
Thus their religion is a singular combination of Christian principles and heathenish forms.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi

Their real religion was revealed by their heathenish superstitions.

Expositor's Bible: The Book of Jeremiah |William Henry Bennett

heathenish

/ (ˈhiːðənɪʃ) /

of, relating to, or resembling a heathen or heathen culture

heathenishly, adverb heathenishness, noun