Atheous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Atheistic. obsolete

    "It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men atheous: no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy."

  2. 2
    Without God, neither accepting nor denying him. obsolete

    "I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic."

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atheisticatheistic

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"It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men atheous: no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “without God/gods”). See atheist.

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