unsanctified
Americanadjective
Vocabulary lists containing unsanctified
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Before it could be consecrated, a partition had to be built in the entryway, creating a small, unsanctified vestibule and bringing down the overall dimensions to an acceptable size.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
It was an instance of the laying of unsanctified hands on the horns of the altar, such as had not been equalled in audacity, since the days of Anne Hutchinson, by any but Quakers.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth
Among the guesses and speculations of a small portion of unsanctified medical men, she still finds now and then a champion.
From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon
Nay, those prayers were unsanctified by the spirit, but let us who are here now living, dedicate ourselves to the service of Almighty God.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert
And, lest mortals sink from their high estate, borne down by their sins of unsanctified ambition, he prays, and prays again, “Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.”
From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.
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