gentilism

noun

1. heathenism; paganism; the worship of pagan gods“when a king was converted from Gentilism to Christianism, he did by that very submission to the bishop that converted him, submit to the bishop’s government and became one of his sheep; which right therefore he could not have over any nation that was not Christian.”
2. a heathenish practice.“In Scotland (especially among the Highlanders) the woemen doe make a Curtsey to the New-moon. I have known one in England doe it, and our English woemen in the Country doe retain (some of them) a touch of this Gentilisme still.”
3. tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens or clan.“The organization of tribes for the purpose of the free administration of affairs was turned into an organization for plundering and oppressing their neighbors. The organs of gentilism changed from servants of the public will to independent organs of rule oppressing their own people. This could not have happened, if the greed for wealth had not divided the gentiles into rich and poor; if the "diffe”