worshiplessadj.

1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 231 What mad-men are these, who thrust themselves,..into wicked, worshipless families.

1863 J. Bonwick Buckley, Wild White Man (ed. 2) 52/2 Thus the hunting tribes of New Holland became worshipless.

1885 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 15 June 1/6 He condemned in no uncertain tone the lax and worshipless day which so many advocate.

1918 D. D. Forsyth & R. W. Keeler Christian Democracy for Amer. vi. 146 Even a sod church causes God to become more than an abstract proposition in a worshipless community.

1976 Transcript (North Adams, Mass.) 8 June 4/3 The healer yearns for..a mythology that would allow him to ‘gallop’ away from the barren confines of his ‘worshipless’ life.

2011 Speculum 76 973 Such seemingly worshipless invocations would appear to have presented a problem for clerical authorities intent on persecuting magicians.

1815 Ld. Byron On Jordan's Banks iii, in Hebrew Melodies 12 How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod! How long thy temple worshipless, Oh God!

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 455 Long has the god been worshipless!—To prayer!

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 381 Who gave their names to stars which still roam round The skies, all worshipless.

1902 T. R. Timby Lighted Lore for Gentle Folk 82 Do not..thrust him from Thy temples for avarice and other kindred sins, lest many gilded fanes become worshipless.

1957 G. Orlovitz Statement Erika Keith 56 The flags of all nations swing their hips..No lesser than idols worshipless the falling into slumber farewell and confession.

2005 K. Kaschock in J. Vengua & M. Young First Hay(na)Ku Anthol. 45 One is god—Worshipless. Shamed By god's need: Worship.