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worshipless, a.|ˈwɜːʃɪplɪs|
[See -less.]
1. Not practising worship; unworshipping.
1765J. Brown Chr. Jrnl. 231 What mad-men are these, who thrust themselves..into wicked, worshipless families.
2. Destitute of worship; unworshipped.
1815Byron Hebrew Mel., On Jordan's Banks 12 How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod? How long thy temple worshipless, Oh God? 1839Bailey Festus xxxiii. (1848) 356 Who gave their names to stars which still roam round The skies, all worshipless. 1842Blackw. Mag. LII. 455 Long has the god been worshipless!—To prayer! c1914H. S. Holland in S. Paget Mem. (1921) 300 [He felt the Cathedral services] rather limp and worshipless. |