Atheous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atheous \A"the*ous\, a. [Gr. ? without God. See {Atheist}.]
     1. Atheistic; impious. [Obs.] --Milton.
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     2. Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
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              I should say science was atheous, and therefore
              could not be atheistic.               --Bp. of
                                                    Carlisle.
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