Zionless, adj.

zionless
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# † Zionlessadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective Zionless mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective Zionless. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the 1900s.

### Where does the adjective Zionless come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The only known use of the adjective Zionless is in the 1900s.

OED's only evidence for Zionless is from 1908, in the writing of F. Spence.

### Nearby entries

1. zino, n. 1982–
2. Zinovievite, adj. & n. 1936–
3. Zinoviev letter, n. 1924–
4. Zion, n. Old English–
5. Zion Curtain, n. 1951–
6. Zioner, n. 1681–1760
7. Zionism, n. 1896–
8. Zionist, n. & adj. a1649–
9. Zionistic, adj. 1887–
10. Zionite, n. 1596–
11. Zionless, adj.1908
12. Zionward, adv. 1647–
13. Zionwards, adv. 1674–
14. zip, n.² & adj. 1900–
15. zip, n.³ 1962–
16. zip, n.⁴ 1968–
17. zip, v.¹ 1852–
18. zip, v.² 1964–
19. zip, int. & n.¹ 1678–
20. zip-a-dee-doo-dah, int. & adj. 1945–
21. zip code, n. 1962–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete rare.

1. 1908
   Having no Zion (Zion n. 2b) or centre of common worship.
   1. 1908

      > The tribes must remain Zion-less without the Ecclesia.

      F. Spence, Christian Reunion ix. 170
   religion
   1. Zionless 1908
      Having no Zion (Zion, n. 2b) or centre of common worship.
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Originally published as part of the entry for Zion, n.

Zion, n. was revised in March 2021.