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To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] Milton.

Not christened; as, an unchristened child.

Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.

To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.

Unchristian. Milton.

The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] Eikon Basilike.

An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and…

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civili…

-- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.

gment; a compendium or abstract. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor.

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

ntable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.

A Christian sect without a leader.

e existence, authority, truth, or genuineness. Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.

athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall.

One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

t . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors. The adorable Author of Christianity. Cheyne.