Definition of Nonobservant

1. Adjective. Failing or refusing to observe religious customs.

Similar to: Irreligious

Definition of Nonobservant

1. Adjective. Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonobservant

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonobservant

nonobjectivisms
nonobjectivist
nonobjectivists
nonobjectivity
nonobjects
nonoblate
nonobligate
nonobligated
nonobligatory
nonobscene
nonobservability
nonobservable
nonobservables
nonobservance
nonobservances
nonobservant (current term)
nonobservational
nonobsessive
nonobsolescence
nonobsolescent
nonobsolete
nonobstetric
nonobstructed
nonobstructing
nonobstructive
nonobstructive jaundice
nonobtainable
nonobvious
nonobviousness
nonoccidental

Literary usage of Nonobservant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Land Or Peace: Whither Israel? by Yael Yishai (1987)
"110 There were others, however, who worked with nonobservant people for practical reasons but deep in their hearts yearned for the Kingdom of Heaven on ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1910)
"Any attempt to draw a line between the exceptionally stupid and nonobservant person and others who, by greater alertness, training, or skill in observation, ..."

3. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"... of these are nonobservant. Other traditionally Sunni Muslim groups, which constitute approximately 5 to 10 percent of the population, include Tatars, ..."

4. Hygienic Physiology: With Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks by Joel Dorman Steele (1901)
"A nonobservant man, purchasing a beautiful stream, may be completely disappointed by finding that the opacity of its water depends upon a factory, ..."

5. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"108 Although religiously nonobservant himself, Ben-Yosef believes a reformed halacha, springing from nationalist/tribal imperatives, can and should be ..."

6. The History of Civilization by Amos Dean (1869)
"And it may be asked whence is derived the law that renders consciousness nonexistent, or at least nonobservant as to all physical arrangements; that compels ..."

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