unsanctifiedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsaŋ(k)tᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsæŋ(k)təˌfaɪd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > unholiness > [adjective]
unhallowedc1000
unholyc1000
unsacred1382
unblesseda1425
unconsecrate1529
unconjured1546
unsanctified1570
unconsecrated1579
disholy1593
indivine1603
unholied1619
insacred1665
1570 Homilies (1859) ii. Agst. Rebellion iii. 570 Rebels..leave the Sabbath day of the Lord unsanctified.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 223 She should in ground vnsanctified been lodg'd. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 199 In the Indies, among barbarous and unsanctified Nations.
1747 P. Doddridge Some Remarkable Passages Life Col. J. Gardiner 28 A Heart as yet quite unsanctified.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. viii. 430 My own prayers may be too unsanctified to be heard.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. x. 239 The others..stand, unsanctified, unpardoned, sad.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. viii. 578 To the Ecclesiastic belonged the chancel, not to be entered by unsanctified feet.
Derivatives
unˈsanctifiedly adv.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > unholiness > [adverb]
unholily1561
unsanctifiedly1650
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 183 Thou livest..unholily, and unsanctifiedly.
unˈsanctifiedness n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > unholiness > [noun]
unholiness1534
unblessedness1549
unsanctifiedness1634
unsanctitya1639
unsanctificationa1684
unhallowedness1899
1634 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 226 I most confesse..the unsanctifiednes of my affections.
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