Meanings
disworship1
- obsoleteuncountableA deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
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.
1645, John Milton, Colasterion
disworship2
present singular third person disworships · US participle present disworshiping · UK participle present disworshipping · US participle past disworshiped · US past disworshiped · UK participle past disworshipped · UK past disworshipped
- To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy of worship.
disworshipping and dishonouring God
1684, Obadiah Walker, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Epistles of St Paul
Origin
disworship · noun
- Middle Englishdisworship
- Englishdisworship
From Middle English disworship, disworshipe, dysworschip, equivalent to dis- + worship (noun).
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Full word history & related roots →disworship · verb
- Middle Englishdisworschipen
- Englishdisworship
From Middle English disworschipen, equivalent to dis- + worship (verb).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
disworship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disworship
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