† unˈwiving, ppl. a. Obs.
[un-1 10.]
a. Of or pertaining to celibacy. b. Celibate.
| 1550 Bale Apol. Ep. Ded. p. iiii, Vouere in that place pertayneth no more to their vnwiuing state, than [etc.]. Ibid. 81 b, Wher is now..the vnwyuyng vowe of prestes. 1550 ― Eng. Votaries ii. 33 b, The ordre of prodygyouse buggerers, otherwyse called vnwyuynge masmongers. |