undevout

Example Sentences

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The result, so far as concerts the workman's life of faith, is a proclivity to undevout scepticism.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

"An undevout astronomer is mad" was one of his favorite quotations.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria

If it be true that an undevout astronomer is mad, then was Father Hell the sanest of men.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

Change one word and it may be said of sacred music as truly as of astronomy, “The undevout composer is mad.”

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

On the south of the common, near the station, stood a red-brick building called the Moot Hall, which was a kind of church for the very undevout population.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John