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churchless, a.|ˈtʃɜːtʃlɪs|
[see -less.]
1. Without a church or church organization.
1641R. Brooke Eng. Episc. ii. vii. 121 The Church-lesse Church of the Albigenses & Waldenses. 1662Fuller Worthies, Lincoln (D.), A Churchlesse Village.
2. Not attending or belonging to a church.
1834–5S. R. Maitland Volunt. Syst. (1837) 240 Deists, Atheists, in a word, every churchless wretch that can be found. 1852Newland Lect. Tractar. 159 These two thousand churchless and godless individuals. 1884R. Milne (title) The Problem of the Churchless and Poor in our large Towns.
3. Not sanctioned or blessed by the church.
1884Tennyson Becket 162 We thought to scare this minion of the King Back from her churchless commerce with the King To the fond arms of her first love, Fitzurse. |