| 释义 |
unˈchurched, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and un-2 8: cf. prec.]
a. Excluded from, deprived of, (the status of) a church.
b. Not provided or connected with a church.
c. (See quot. 1727.)
1681Baxter Answ. Dodwell iii. 21 The Protestant Churches are in the same unchurched damnable case that have Bishops. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Unchurched, dissolved from being a Church, excommunicated; also not churched, as a Woman that has lain in. 1870M. D. Conway Earthw. Pilgr. xxvi. 311 The great interests of our time gather about the unchurched world. 1889J. H. Ward Church in Modern Society 224 There is more activity to-day in the churches, but there are also more unchurched people than ever before. |