nonobservant
Example Sentences
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Barrett is a devout Catholic; Sotomayor a nonobservant one.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2022
But break those numbers down, and you’ll notice something strange: A dramatic difference between the devout and the nonobservant.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2015
You can’t do that,” says Mark Bane, a partner and chairman of the Business Restructuring Department at Ropes & Gray, who co-founded Kayama, a nonprofit that encourages nonobservant divorcing Jews to obtain gets.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 8, 2015
Her father, a nonobservant Jew, and her mother, a Unitarian, both belonged to progressive traditions, tolerant of her sexuality.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
He was now a wealthy furrier and a thoroughly nonobservant Jew.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
