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atheous
adj 2
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3VERB + ATHEOUS
make
ATHEOUS + NOUN
conscience, man, men, prie, t
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in
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adj
1
Atheistic.
It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men atheous: no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy.
Thy Father, who is holy, wiſe and pure, Suffers the Hypocrite or Atheous Prieſt To tread his Sacred Courts...
2
Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic.
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It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men atheous: no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy.
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Thy Father, who is holy, wiſe and pure, Suffers the Hypocrite or Atheous Prieſt To tread his Sacred Courts...
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In atheous men conscience becomes a scourge.
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