atheisticaladj.
1. Of or belonging to atheists.
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1315 Beastly cogitations and Athisticall discourses.
1666 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 19 The public theatres..were abused to an atheistical liberty.
1718 J. T. Desaguliers Let. 2 Feb. in J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I A great many Atheistical Books.
1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 51 The atheistical opinions of Hobbes.
2. = atheistic adj. 2.
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1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1843) 42 Ignorant and atheistical dolts.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 6 In the mouths of Atheistical men.
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