单词 | unprotestant-like |
释义 | unprotestant-likeadj. Not characteristic of or befitting a Protestant. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [adjective] > not unprotestant-like1587 unprotestant1645 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. xv. 1298 Too prophane, too vncharitable, too vnprotestant-like a sclaunder. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 35 Not caring otherwise to answer this un-Protestant-like Objection. 1845 Sharpe's London Mag. 13 Dec. 108/1 She is said to be receiving the addresses of an Irish gentleman, a Roman Catholic; and her letters..in their altered and unprotestant-like tone, give some probability to the report. 1986 Financial Times 7 Jan. 15/8 A ruby-velvet drawing room (un-Protestant-like, and too continuously dark, but full of oppressive atmosphere). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1587 |
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