churchlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃəːtʃləs/, U.S.

/ˈtʃərtʃləs/

Forms: see church n.¹ and adj. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: church n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < church n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. That does not attend or belong to a church; that is not religious.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > included in > not

churchless1567

kirkless1801

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. iv. §1. 606 For through your Schismes and Heresies..ye haue made your selues Churchelesse, Christlesse, and Godlesse.

1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. vi. 1660 Christless persons, are..Churchless, Covenant-less, Promise-less, Hope-less and God-less.

1672 E. Worsley Reason & Relig. 287 Christ..cast an eye vpon poor Christians, and found them all Churchless.

1765 N. Weekes Temptation 36 in Messiah Church-Instructions anger churchless men.

1837 S. R. Maitland Voluntary Syst. (ed. 2) 240 Deists, Atheists, in a word, every churchless wretch that can be found.

1852 H. Newland Lect. Tractarianism 159 These two thousand churchless and godless individuals.

1884 R. Milne (title) The problem of the churchless and poor in our large towns.

1914 Month 123 311 The vast majority of these churchless millions are still under the influence of Christianity, recognize more or less clearly its moral ideals.

1955 R. Carboni in Furrow 6 541 Seek out the most spiritually destitute, the non-Catholic, especially the churchless non-Catholic, and the lapsed.

2000 R. Trezise In & out of Goldfish Bowl (2001) xi. 70 From that particular Saturday night on, we shared the ritual so many churchless, music orientated, bored valley people did.

2. Without a church; having no church.In quot. 1641: outside the institution of the church.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > not having

churchless1641

unchurched1727

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 121 The Church-lesse Church of the Albigenses & Waldenses.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 164 A Churchlesse Village.

1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 829/1 The feeling, half akin to loathing, with which I enter one of these churchless metropolitan dead-pits.

1855 W. White Hist. Gazetteer & Directory of Suffolk (ed. 2) 515 Hazlewood..is a churchless parish, containing 102 souls.

1909 Herald of Gospel Liberty 9 Dec. 1562/1 Would it not be well for some of our pastorless churches and our churchless preachers to get together?

1943 J. Farrow Pageant of Popes 17 Marcellus..set out to provide new places of worship for the churchless faithful.

1997 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 14/3 Victorian poverty..depraved most in those areas of Britain where Christianity penetrated least—in the new churchless slums.

†3. poetic. Not sanctioned or blessed by the church. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > not like

unchurchlike1642

unchurchly1815

churchless1884

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iv. ii. 162 We thought to scare this minion of the King Back from her churchless commerce with the King To the fond arms of her first love, Fitzurse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	churchless
释义	churchlessadj. Brit. /ˈtʃəːtʃləs/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃləs/ Forms: see church n.¹ and adj. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: church n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < church n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. That does not attend or belong to a church; that is not religious. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > included in > not churchless1567 kirkless1801 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. iv. §1. 606 For through your Schismes and Heresies..ye haue made your selues Churchelesse, Christlesse, and Godlesse. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. vi. 1660 Christless persons, are..Churchless, Covenant-less, Promise-less, Hope-less and God-less. 1672 E. Worsley Reason & Relig. 287 Christ..cast an eye vpon poor Christians, and found them all Churchless. 1765 N. Weekes Temptation 36 in Messiah Church-Instructions anger churchless men. 1837 S. R. Maitland Voluntary Syst. (ed. 2) 240 Deists, Atheists, in a word, every churchless wretch that can be found. 1852 H. Newland Lect. Tractarianism 159 These two thousand churchless and godless individuals. 1884 R. Milne (title) The problem of the churchless and poor in our large towns. 1914 Month 123 311 The vast majority of these churchless millions are still under the influence of Christianity, recognize more or less clearly its moral ideals. 1955 R. Carboni in Furrow 6 541 Seek out the most spiritually destitute, the non-Catholic, especially the churchless non-Catholic, and the lapsed. 2000 R. Trezise In & out of Goldfish Bowl (2001) xi. 70 From that particular Saturday night on, we shared the ritual so many churchless, music orientated, bored valley people did. 2. Without a church; having no church.In quot. 1641: outside the institution of the church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > not having churchless1641 unchurched1727 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 121 The Church-lesse Church of the Albigenses & Waldenses. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 164 A Churchlesse Village. 1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 829/1 The feeling, half akin to loathing, with which I enter one of these churchless metropolitan dead-pits. 1855 W. White Hist. Gazetteer & Directory of Suffolk (ed. 2) 515 Hazlewood..is a churchless parish, containing 102 souls. 1909 Herald of Gospel Liberty 9 Dec. 1562/1 Would it not be well for some of our pastorless churches and our churchless preachers to get together? 1943 J. Farrow Pageant of Popes 17 Marcellus..set out to provide new places of worship for the churchless faithful. 1997 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 14/3 Victorian poverty..depraved most in those areas of Britain where Christianity penetrated least—in the new churchless slums. †3. poetic. Not sanctioned or blessed by the church. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > not like unchurchlike1642 unchurchly1815 churchless1884 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iv. ii. 162 We thought to scare this minion of the King Back from her churchless commerce with the King To the fond arms of her first love, Fitzurse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1567
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