unchurchedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃəːtʃt/, U.S. /ˌənˈtʃərtʃt/ 1. Excluded from, deprived of, (the status of) a church.
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society > faith > worship > excommunication > [adjective] > who is under
amansedOE
cursed1393
maledighta1400
aggravate1471
excommunicate1526
Maranatha1526
excommunicated1574
innodate1587
anathematized1605
devoted1611
thunderstruck1649
unchurched1681
society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [adjective] > deprived of status of
unchurched1681
1681 R. Baxter Answer to Mr. Dodwell iii. 21 The Protestant Churches are in the same unchurched damnable case that have Bishops.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Unchurched, dissolved from being a Church, excommunicated.
2. Not provided or connected with a church.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > not having
churchless1641
unchurched1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Unchurched, not churched, as a Woman that has lain in.
3. (See quot. 1727 at sense 2.)
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1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxvi. 311 The great interests of our time gather about the unchurched world.
1889 J. H. Ward Church in Mod. Society 224 There is more activity to-day in the churches, but there are also more unchurched people than ever before.
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