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irreligious, a.|ɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs|
[ad. L. irreligiōsus, f. ir- (ir-2) + religiōsus religious. Cf. F. irréligieux (15–16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
1. Not religious; hostile to or without regard for religion; ungodly; godless.
a. Of persons, their actions, etc.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. 112 In all ages that irreligious affectation of religion..hath shewed and yet doth shew forth itself. 1563Golding Cæsar 158 It seldome or neuer chaunceth, that any man is so irreligious that he dareth..hide any thyng that is so taken. 1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 90 Their vain, idle, irreligious, soul-damning, deboyst, and ungodly lives. 1671Milton Samson 860 An irreligious Dishonourer of Dagon. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 70 ⁋11 Irreligious men, whose short prospects are filled with earth, and sense, and mortal life. 1836H. Rogers J. Howe vii. (1863) 188 The irreligious monarch..slept during the greater part of the sermon. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola Proem, Learned personages..maintained that Aristotle..was a thoroughly irreligious philosopher. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. x. 453 This is the man proves irreligiousest Of all mankind.
b. transf. Of things: Showing a want of religion; at variance with religious principles.
a1704T. Brown Pleas. Epistle Wks. 1730 I. 109 Our posies for rings are either immodest or irreligious. 1856Olmsted Slave States 319 None of the irreligious falsities in stucco and paint that so generally disenchant all expression of worship in our city meeting-houses.
†2. Believing in, practising, or pertaining to a false religion. Obs.
1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. (Parker Soc.) 378 That irreligious crew..which fight for antichrist, for heresy, for popery. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. iii. 121 The issue of an Irreligious Moore. 1613W. Browne Sheph. Pipe iv, Cypresse may fade..A herse 'mongst irreligious rites be ranged. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 193 Their Religion is austere (but irreligious)..some adore a Cow, others a Snake, other-some the Sunne. |