atheist (atheist)

and a. [= F. athéiste = Pg. atheist a = Sp. It. ateista, Well, monarchies may own religion's name, But states are atheists in their very frame. Dryden, Prol. to Amboyna, 1. 22. Young , Night Thoughts, v. 177. By night an atheist half believes a God. Her wes Arthur the king a the len bidæled [deprived]. Layamon, III. 453.