Unchristianly

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unchristian.

    "[I]f he perſiſt to be otherwiſe opinion’d, let him well adviſe, left thinking to gripe faſt the Goſpel, he be found in ſtead with the canon law in his fiſt: boiſtrous edicts tyrannizing the bleſſed ordinance of mariage into the quality of a moſt unnatural and unchriſtianly yoke, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not becoming to or like a Christian wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unchristian way.

Synonyms

All synonyms
unchristianunchristlike

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"[I]f he perſiſt to be otherwiſe opinion’d, let him well adviſe, left thinking to gripe faſt the Goſpel, he be found in ſtead with the canon law in his fiſt: boiſtrous edicts tyrannizing the bleſſed ordinance of mariage into the quality of a moſt unnatural and unchriſtianly yoke, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From unchristian + -ly.

Etymology 2

From un- + Christianly.

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