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1642. Milton, Apol. Smect., Wks. 1851, III. 290. Shall not all the mischiefe which other men do, be layd to his charge, if they doe it by that unchurchlike power which he defends.
1711. Medley, No. 21. 244. For such is the Virtue of the Name Churchmen wherever they vouchsafe to fix it, that it not only … wipes of all former Blemishes how unchurch-like soever, but it gives them a future Right to use the Church and Clergy as ill as they please, without the least danger of forfeiting their Title.
1845. G. A. Poole, Churches, i. 3. We have trim, parsimonious, unchurchlike preaching-houses, under the name of churches.
1881. Lond. & Provinc. Music Trades Rev., 15 Feb., 7/3. This anthem is … crude, amateurish, and unchurchlike.
