2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.

Hea"then*esse (-s), n. [AS. hennes, i. e., heathenness.] Heathendom.

[Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.

Hea"then*ish, a. [AS. henisc.] 1. Of or pertaining to the heathen;

resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish

crimes." Milton.