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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not believing in or conforming to the doctrines of Christianity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not Christian; opposed to Christianity or to its spirit; contrary to Christianity or a Christian character.
  • Not converted to the Christian faith: as, unchristian nations. Hence Not in accordance with the civilization that Christianity insures; rude; cruel: often used colloquially to signify improper, unusual, and the like.
  • To deprive of the constituent qualities of Christianity; make unchristian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
  • adjective Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian.
  • transitive verb obsolete To make unchristian.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not of the Christian faith.
  • adjective Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit, unbefitting a Christian.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not of a Christian faith

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ Christian.

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