Definition of GENTILE

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Noun a strict sect that believes that fellowship with gentiles should exist only for the purposes of conversion

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun His stately presence and gentile manner was a part of the organization for six decades. — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, "The Michigan Sports Mount Rushmore: Help us pick the best ever in this state," 9 Apr. 2020 And, in the face of our modern plague, Zoom. *Gentle reminder, gentiles: Passover is a bread-free holiday. — Rachel Levin, SFChronicle.com, "Wise Sons’ brisket recipe for Passover," 2 Apr. 2020 On its first weekend in business, the clientele included a mix of Jews, gentiles, individuals with special needs and those without special needs. — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Friendship Circle Bakery and Cafe in Fox Point helps individuals with special needs gain occupational skills," 24 Dec. 2019 The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or Aipac, gains its strength not only from Jewish support, but also from the scores of millions of gentile Americans who cherish these bonds. — Lou Weiss, WSJ, "Why Do Americans Care About Israel?," 21 Mar. 2019 For the first time, righteous gentiles — non-Jews recognized by Yad Vashem for saving Jews during the Holocaust — will receive a monthly pension from the German government. — sun-sentinel.com, "Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium breaches nuclear deal limit," 2 July 2019 Yiddish has the phrase shanda fur die goyim to describe a Jew who misbehaves in places and ways that gentiles can see. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How the JAP became America’s most complex Jewish stereotype.," 5 Dec. 2018 Photo: tony gentile/Reuters The small fiscal space for delivering tax and spending promises may be shrinking further because of weakening economic growth. — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, "Italy Faces Crunch Time on Budget," 19 Sep. 2018 In contrast to most overtly Jewish comedy, which usually compares Jews and gentiles, most of his material juxtaposes the frum and not frum. — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, "What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer," 13 June 2018 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Here and there it was relieved by the heroic efforts of Lotar, hiding in Prague, and his gentile wife, Zdenka. — New York Times, "A Box of Secrets Led to the Story of Her Father’s Painful Wartime Past," 28 Mar. 2020 After the birth, her father, the son of a well-to-do Krakow family that ran a leather business, made arrangements for his infant daughter to be cared for by gentile friends, the Sendlers. — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, "Anita Epstein, who chronicled her infancy during the Holocaust, dies at 76," 9 July 2019 After the birth, her father, the son of a well-to-do Krakow family that ran a leather business, made arrangements for his infant daughter to be cared for by gentile friends, the Sendlers. — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, "Anita Epstein, who chronicled her infancy during the Holocaust, dies at 76," 9 July 2019 After the birth, her father, the son of a well-to-do Krakow family that ran a leather business, made arrangements for his infant daughter to be cared for by gentile friends, the Sendlers. — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, "Anita Epstein, who chronicled her infancy during the Holocaust, dies at 76," 9 July 2019 After the birth, her father, the son of a well-to-do Krakow family that ran a leather business, made arrangements for his infant daughter to be cared for by gentile friends, the Sendlers. — Bart Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, "Anita Epstein, who chronicled her infancy during the Holocaust, dies at 76," 13 July 2019 East Asians and Ashkenazi Jews have higher average IQ scores than gentile whites. — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, "Why I Write about Race and IQ," 5 July 2017 Another retold accounts of Jewish blood libel, myths of Jews using the blood of gentile children in sacrifice rituals, in medieval Russian villages. — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, "Leo Frank was lynched for a murder he didn’t commit. Now neo-Nazis are trying to rewrite history.," 22 May 2017

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