adv. (UN-1 7. Cf. UNHOLY a.)

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1561.  T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., III. 221. So is it vnlawfull that it be vnholily profaned by the vncleannesse of the inhabitantes.

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1619.  W. Sclater, Exp. 1 Thess., 439. Men of corrupt mindes,… if they be elected,… shall be saued, how euer holily, or vnholily they liue.

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1647.  J. Vicars, Coleman-st. Conclave Visited, B ij b. The sad … breach, which is … most unholily made by … Sectaries.

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1754.  Edwards, Freed. Will, IV. ii. It is impossible for Him to act unrighteously and unholily.

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1898.  Advance (Chicago), 16 June, 808/2. Before their imaginations were unholily stirred by these pages.

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