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Definition of Nonobservant
1. Adjective. Failing or refusing to observe religious customs.
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
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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