Kelter n. (Usually written kilter in the U. S) Regular order or proper condition. (Colloq., chiefly British spelling) "If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray?"
... faces assumed a rather pained expression, a kind of notice of emotion that a sense of humour and religious beliefs occupied different compartments in the human mind. It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian. It was merely by accident that I pulled out of a shelf in the library "Adam Bede" by George Eliot. When I was discovered eagerly devouring its contents under the glare of the fighting lamp one night after the crew had "piped down," I was upbraided ... — From the Bottom Up - The Life Story of Alexander Irvine • Alexander Irvine
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