Definition of Infidil
In"fi*del (?), a. [L. infidelis;
pref. in- not + fidelis faithful, fr. fides
faith: cf. F. infidèle. See Fidelity.] Not
holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the
inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of
Christianity.
The infidel writer is a great enemy to
society. V. Knox.
In"fi*del, n. One who does not
believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does
not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a
Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker.
&fist; Infidel is used by English writers to translate the
equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other
disbelievers in Mohammedanism.
Syn. -- Infidel, Unbeliever,
Freethinker, Deist, Atheist, Sceptic,
Agnostic. An infidel, in common usage, is one who
denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have
endeavored to widen the sense of infidel so as to embrace
atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally
prevail. A freethinker is now only another name for an
infidel. An unbeliever is not necessarily a
disbeliever or infidel, because he may still be inquiring
after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word, however, is more
commonly used in the extreme sense. A deist believes in one
God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. An
atheist denies the being of God. A sceptic is one whose
faith in the credibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed,
so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his
mind. An agnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment,
neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian
religion; in Constantinople, one who does. (See GIAOUR.) A kind of
scoundrel imperfectly reverent of, and niggardly contributory to,
divines, ecclesiastics, popes, parsons, canons, monks, mollahs,
voodoos, presbyters, hierophants, prelates, obeah-men, abbes, nuns,
missionaries, exhorters, deacons, friars, hadjis, high-priests,
muezzins, brahmins, medicine-men, confessors, eminences, elders,
primates, prebendaries, pilgrims, prophets, imaums, beneficiaries,
clerks, vicars-choral, archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors,
preachers, padres, abbotesses, caloyers, palmers, curates, patriarchs,
bonezs, santons, beadsmen, canonesses, residentiaries, diocesans,
deans, subdeans, rural deans, abdals, charm-sellers, archdeacons,
hierarchs, class-leaders, incumbents, capitulars, sheiks, talapoins,
postulants, scribes, gooroos, precentors, beadles, fakeers, sextons,
reverences, revivalists, cenobites, perpetual curates, chaplains,
mudjoes, readers, novices, vicars, pastors, rabbis, ulemas, lamas,
sacristans, vergers, dervises, lectors, church wardens, cardinals,
prioresses, suffragans, acolytes, rectors, cures, sophis, mutifs and
pumpums.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A non-believer of a certain religion
- One who does not believe in a certain principle
- One with no religious beliefs.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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