unecclesiastical

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ ecclesiastical.

Adjective

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unecclesiastical (comparative more unecclesiastical, superlative most unecclesiastical)

  1. Not ecclesiastical.
    • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes:
      There is some rumour that he is or has been a clergyman; but one or two incidents of his short residence at the Hall struck me as peculiarly unecclesiastical.