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 *
- 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
- Light to the gentiles.†
Chpt 17
- —A merchant, Stephen said, is one who buys cheap and sells dear, jew or gentile, is he not?†
Chpt 2
- —Is he a jew or a gentile or a holy Roman or a swaddler or what the hell is he?†
Chpt 12
- Union of all, jew, moslem and gentile.†
Chpt 15
- How did Bloom prepare a collation for a gentile?†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(gentile) a person or characteristic of a person who is not Jewish; or who is Christian
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, gentile can refer to a person who is not Mormon; or a person who does not believe in God.