disworship

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English disworship, disworshipe, dysworschip, equivalent to dis- +‎ worship (noun).

Noun

disworship (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
    • 1645, John Milton, Colasterion:
      Observ now the arrogance of a groom, how it will mount. I had writt'n, that common adultery is a thing which the rankest Politician would think it shame and disworship that his Law should countenance.

Etymology 2

From Middle English disworschipen, equivalent to dis- +‎ worship (verb).

Verb

disworship (third-person singular simple present disworships, present participle disworshipping or (US) disworshiping, simple past and past participle disworshipped or (US) disworshiped)

  1. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy of worship.
    • 1684, Obadiah Walker, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Epistles of St Paul:
      disworshipping and dishonouring God

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