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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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10 words match “UNHOLY”

UNHOLY a.
Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. -- Un*ho"li*ly, adv. -- Un*ho"li*ness, n.
DISHALLOW v.
To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.
EXECRATE v.
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.
IMPLORATOR n.
One who implores. [Obs.] Mere implorators of unholy suits. Shak.
IMPURE a.
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
MAJOR n.
hich contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].…
PROFANE a.
Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. Sir W. Raleigh.
RENEGE v.
wn. [Obs.] Shak. All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the trith and thee unholy leagued. Sylvester.
SINFUL a.
Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.
UNHALLOWED a.
Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin.