Home › Words › H › heathenhoodheathenhoodheathenhood · noun — heathendom.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, heathenhood ranks #2,145 of 43,279 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English hethenhod, haithenhede, equivalent to heathen + -hood.nounHeathendome.g.“Hegbert, in addition to his belief that fornicators were destined to clean the urinals in hell, also believed that communism was “a sickness that doomed mankind to heathenhood.” — 2014, Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember:The state or condition of being a heathen.e.g.“Heathenhood and heathendom.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.heathenesse 89% match — heathendom vs heathenhood →heathenship 89% match — Heathendom. vs heathenhood →heathenry 77% match — The state of being heathen. vs heathenhood →heathenish 75% match — Resembling a heathen. vs heathenhood →heathenly 75% match — heathen vs heathenhood →gentilish 70% match — heathenish; pagan vs heathenhood →heathenishness 70% match — The state or quality of being heathenish. vs heathenhood →heathenizing 69% match — Which heathenizes or makes into a heathen. vs heathenhood →