Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Atheistic; ungodly.
- Having no reference to God; irrespective of divine existence or power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Atheistic; impious.
- adjective Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
atheistic - adjective obsolete Without
God , neither accepting nor denying him.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (atheos, "without God/gods"). See atheist.
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Examples
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Tr. [18] “Nullos unquam fuisse aut esse posse atheous proprie dictos et speculative, seu plene persuasos, agnoscunt pene omnes.” —
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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Suffers the hypocrite or atheous prieft To tread his facred courts, and minifter About his altar, handling holy things.
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
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