1. A reference to a follower of an ancient polytheistic or pantheistic religion: Many people in the past were adherents, or followers, of a pagan group of worshipers.

It is said that some pagan idols were destroyed by Christian missionaries.

The altar of Zeus, the greatest of the pagan gods in the ancient the Greek religion, was located at the Pergamum located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey.

2. Applied by some people to anyone who apparently has no religious beliefs; a heathen: Those who are members of religions consider pagan people to be non-religious; such as, atheists, agnostics, etc.