Atheous Definition
adjective
1612, Joseph Hall, “The Sages and the Star”, in Contemplations upon the principal passages of the holie storie.
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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1671, John Milton, Paradise regain'd, a poem in IV books: to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, OL 13564188M, The First Book, page 487.
Thy Father, who is holy, wiſe and pure,Suffers the Hypocrite or Atheous PrieſtTo tread his Sacred Courts...
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1792, David Lloyd, The Voyage of Life: A Poem. in Nine Books, volume 3, C. Dilly, page 46.
In atheous men conscience becomes a scourge.
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Origin of Atheous
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From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (atheos, “without God/gods”). See atheist.
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