† devotelessadj.
Obsolete.
Without devotion; undevout.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective]
unrighteouseOE
hinderfulc1200
undevouta1300
unreligiousa1382
unkindc1390
unpiteous?c1400
indevout?1504
ungodly1526
godless1528
profane1568
ungodded1579
impious1585
unhalloweda1616
godforsaken?1623
devoteless1650
atheistic1677
undivine1686
Heaven-abandoned1720
indevotea1742
unctionless1842
indevotional1865
link1889
1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 109 He shall doe God and thee good Service in these devote-lesse times.
1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 216 To..bend thy knees twice in thy Prayer, with a hundred devoteless wandring Thoughts.
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