All 8 Uses of
gentile
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- And snug in their spooncase of purple plush, faded, the twelve apostles having preached to all the gentiles: world without end.†
Chpt 2 *
- —A merchant, Stephen said, is one who buys cheap and sells dear, jew or gentile, is he not?†
Chpt 2
- Buck Mulligan stood up from his laughing scribbling, laughing: and then gravely said, honeying malice: —I called upon the bard Kinch at his summer residence in upper Mecklenburgh street and found him deep in the study of the Summa contra Gentiles in the company of two gonorrheal ladies, Fresh Nelly and Rosalie, the coalquay whore.†
Chpt 9
- —A new apostle to the gentiles, says the citizen.†
Chpt 12
- —Is he a jew or a gentile or a holy Roman or a swaddler or what the hell is he? says Ned.†
Chpt 12
- Union of all, jew, moslem and gentile.†
Chpt 15
- Light to the gentiles.†
Chpt 17
- How did Bloom prepare a collation for a gentile?†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(gentile) a person or characteristic of a person who is not Jewish; or who is Christian