1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
Unchristian
(Un*chris"tian), v. t. [1st pref. un- + Christian.] To make unchristian. [Obs.] South.
Unchristianize
(Un*chris"tian*ize) v. t. [1st pref. un- + Christianize.] To turn from the Christian faith; to
cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.
Unchristianly
(Un*chris"tian*ly), a. Unchristian. Milton.
Unchristianly
(Un*chris"tian*ly), adv. In an unchristian manner.
Unchristianness
(Un*chris"tian*ness), n. The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] Eikon Basilike.
Unchurch
(Un*church") v. t. [1st pref. un- + church.]
1. To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate. Sir M. Hale.
2. To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church. South.
Uncia
(||Un"ci*a) n.; pl. Unciæ [L. See Ounce a measure of weight.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
2. (Alg.) A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.]
Uncial
(Un"cial) a. [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth
part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See Inch a measure.] Of, pertaining to,
or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts.
The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination.
These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century
a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
Uncial
(Un"cial), n. An uncial letter.
Unciatim
(||Un`ci*a"tim) adv. [L.] Ounce by ounce.
Unciform
(Un"ci*form) a. [L. uncus a hook + -form.] Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or
hooked from; hooklike.
Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Unciform
(Un"ci*form), n. (Anat.) The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
Uncinata
(||Un`ci*na"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. uncinus a hook.] (Zoöl.) A division of marine chætopod annelids
which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
Uncinate
(Un"ci*nate) a. [L. uncinatus, from uncinus a hook, from uncus a hook.] Hooked; bent at
the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.
Uncinatum
(||Un`ci*na"tum) n. [NL., from L. uncinatus hooked.] (Anat.) The unciform bone.
Uncinus
(||Un*ci"nus) n.; pl. Uncini [L., a hook.] (Zoöl.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks
found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
