unworldly

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Unworldly and ungodly, lines like these pull Szybist beyond the propriety that restricts her and the violence that warns her away. 

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2013

Unworldly, passionate, sure of God's love, he is imbued with a vision of the spire as a living prayer of praise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unworldly, un-wurld′li, adj. above worldly or self-interested motives, spiritual.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Unworldly as Morris might be, he could easily guess why his father wished that he should marry, and marry well.

From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider

"Unworldly" put the match, and he flamed up.

From The Human Chord by Blackwood, Algernon