undevout

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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

Victor opened his eyes and glared at her with undevout opposition.

From In Blue Creek Cañon by Ray, Anna Chapin

Still more than the undevout astronomer, the undevout child under such influences is abnormal.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

The law, it is said, is a jealous mistress, and permits no rivals; the indifferent, careless minister is but a blind leader of the blind, and the "undevout astronomer is mad."

From Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions by Boutwell, George S.

Furthermore, admitting it to be an open question, neither proved nor disproved, but poised in equal uncertainty, still, it is not immoral nor undevout deeply to desire and fondly to hope a personal immortality.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville