Atheous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Atheous is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Atheistic.
Meaning
(obsolete) Atheistic.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
Example Sentences
In atheous men conscience becomes a scourge.
I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic.
Thy Father, who is holy, wiſe and pure, Suffers the Hypocrite or Atheous Prieſt To tread his Sacred Courts.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heathenish, anarchial, heathenizing, azoic, aqueoigneous, anaerobious.
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