unholy, unholye, vnhooli

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. holy.] 1. Not holy; not sacred; not hallowed or consecrated. "Doth it follow that all things now in the church are unholy which the Lord hath not himself precisely instituted?"-Hooker. 2. Impious wicked. (Said of persons.) "Disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy."-2 Tim othy iii. 2. 3. Impious, wicked. (Said of things.) "To keep me from a most unholy match." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, iv. 3. 4. Not ceremonially purified; unclean. "The Jewes cal that common whiche is vncleane and Unholy."-Udall: Marke, vii.