† misdevotionn.
Obsolete.
Mistaken or misdirected devotion.
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frames and feelings1734
1612 J. Donne Second Anniuersarie 47 in First Anniuersarie Here..where mis-deuotion frames A thousand praiers to saints.
1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome xx, in Recoll. Treat. 881 The priuate mis-deuotion of some superstitious olde wife.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 196 The vanity, superstition, and misdevotion of which place [sc. a private chapel], was a scandall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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