misworshipn.
/ˌmɪsˈwəːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈwərʃəp/ rare.
Wrongful or false worship; an instance of this.
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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > wrong
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misworshipping1647
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 118 He was not more the father of a later Iereboam, then (in respect of mis-worship) he was the son of the first Iereboam, who made Israel to sin.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 5 Such hideous inextricable jungle of misworships, misbeliefs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† misworshipv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To worship wrongly or inappropriately.
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society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)] > wrongly
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1651 Bp. J. Hall Soules Farewell to Earth in Susurrium cum Deo 321 There have not wanted nations..which have mis-worship'd it [sc. heaven] for their God.
Derivatives
misworshipper n.
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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > wrong > practitioner of
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a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 34 In them, God is made our Idoll, and we the mis-worshippers of him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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