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irreligion|ɪrɪˈlɪdʒən|
[a. F. irréligion (16–17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or immed. ad. L. irreligiōn-em (Apuleius), f. ir- (ir-2) + religiōn-em religion.]
1. Want of religion; hostility to or disregard of religious principles; irreligious conduct.
1598Florio, Irreligione, irreligion. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 51 By Noahs Curse it may appeare,..that Cham was the first Author, after the Floud, of irreligion. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 138 To a Christian 'tis certain the irreligion of fighting a Duel would be the most infamous thing. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. ii. §24 Nothing leads to vice so surely as irreligion. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 183 If laws are based upon religion, the greatest offence against them must be irreligion.
†2. A false or perverted religion. Obs.
1592Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xliii. (1612) 208 Henrie the Eight did happely Romes Irreligion cease. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 78 Passing by his irreligion and Mahumetisme. 1655E. Terry Voy. E. India 345 Each [sect of Hindoos] differing from others very much in opinion about their irreligion. |