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单词 unchristen
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unchristenadj.

Etymology: Old English uncristen (see un- prefix1 1 and christen adj. and n.), = Old Norse úkristinn (Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen), Old High German unchristáni (Middle High German unkristen).
Obsolete.
= unchristian adj. and n. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > lack of Christianity > [adjective]
unchristenc1000
unchristenedc1330
faithlessa1400
unchristian1563
unchristenlike1570
unchristianed1579
unchristianlike1610
unchristianly1643
unchristianized1778
unevangelized1813
c1000 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. xvi. (MSS. O and Ca.) Ðeah ðe hi þa gyta uncristene wæron.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 91 Clerkes þat knowen hit scholde techen hit aboute, For Cristene and vn-cristene him cleymeþ vchone.
c1400 Rowland & Otuel 218 For-thi hathe he sent the worde by mee, Þat þou schall vn-cristen bee.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 280 Paganis yat we call vncristyn men.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 81 And a cristyn man war jn a bataill..agayn the vncristyn.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxiiv All the londe about Tremblynge for fere of the vnchristen rout Of cursyd Turkes and other infydelys.
?1553 Respublica (1952) i. i. 3 My veray trewe vnchristen Name ys Avarice.

Derivatives

unˈchristenness n. Obsolete
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > lack of Christianity > [noun]
unchristennessc1548
unchristianness1649
unchristianity1652
heathenism1742
Christlessness1826
heathendom1850
c1548 in J. Strype Cranmer (1694) ii. viii. 176 Making the same..a Den or Sink of all Unchristiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

unchristenv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈchristen.
1. transitive. To reverse the christening of; to deprive of the name given at christening.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > baptize [verb (transitive)] > reverse
unchristen1598
unbaptize1611
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sbattezzare, to vnchristen, to forget ones proper name.
1831 Q. Rev. 45 416 The church of St. Geneviève was once more unchristened, and ana-paganized by its absurd name of the Pantheon.
1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 167 These desolating doubts..are present as powers of the air to unchristen the new born thoughts of religion as fast as they arrive.
1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1152 Before you can strip the discovery [of America] of its religious character, you must unchristen the admiral's flagship.
2. = unchristianize v. Obsolete.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > lack of Christianity > cause lack of Christianity [verb (transitive)]
unchristian1633
unchristen1643
unchristianizea1714
de-christianize1834
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 47 To constrain him furder were to unchristen him, to unman him.
1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 50 They would unchristen all the Reformed Christians in all these Nations.
1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 296 Therefore on one side let us take heed how we unchurch and unchristen any with whom we do not corporally join.
1718 C. Cibber Non-juror Prol. There safe, he lets his thundring Censures fly, Unchristens, damns us, gives our Laws the Lie.

Derivatives

unˈchristening adj.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > lack of Christianity > [adjective] > causing
unchristening1659
1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks ii. iii. 429 It would be a damning unchristening sin to deny the Headship of the Pope or General Council, if they were indeed the Head of the Church.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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