Sorry for being a dumbass , but how do I do this ? or how do I know if I have the proper ports open <| sep |> I loved that one too . It was simple and sexy <| sep |> That ' s the root of the word , not the meaning of the word . Pagan noun a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions . The root of a word doesn ' t have to be the same as what the word comes to mean . Like how ' spinster ' s root is ' woman who spins ' but nobody uses it to refer to professional fabric workers nowadays . The rural root of the word pagan is because the Romans applied the word to people they met in largely unbuilt and rural landscapes , such as the Celts . But the meaning is ' people who don ' t share our religion '.