1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R. (1495), II. ii. 27. In somoche he is the more perfyte in contemplacyon of spirytuell and vnmateriall thynges.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xiv. 239. An vnmateriall substance, which hath being of it selfe.
1599. Daniel, Musoph., 940. Should we this ornament of glory then, As th unmaterial fruits of shades, neglect.
1602. Warner, Alb. Eng., XIII. lxxix. 326. Vnpassiue, vnmateriall, vncompounded, Infinite.
1883. Rossetti, in Athenæum, 15 Dec., 776/2. The scholar who constantly lives an inward and unmaterial life.