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unworship

unworship noun: lack of worship or respect; dishonour; failure or refusal to worship; irreverence.

Noun

unworship (uncountable)

  1. Lack of worship or respect; dishonour; failure or refusal to worship; irreverence.
    • Some might think that I do little worship to Martha, that special saint, for I liken her words of complaining of her sister unto these worldly men's words, or theirs unto hers : and truly I mean no unworship to her nor to them.1946, E.Underhill, The Cloud of Unknowing, page 137
    • But whatever the world might think about such men, they are judged 'right shameful before God and all the company of heaven', for before them all sin is shame and 'unworship'.2011, J. Arnold, S. Brady, What is Masculinity?

Origin of unworship

From Middle English unworship, unworschip, unworschipe, unworschippe, from Old English unworþsċyp, unworþsċype, unweorþsċipe, equivalent to un- + worship.

Questions about unworship

What does unworship mean?
Unworship means lack of worship or respect; dishonour; failure or refusal to worship; irreverence.
What part of speech is unworship?
Unworship is a noun.

Words near unworship in the dictionary

  1. unworriedly
  2. unworriedness
  3. unworrisome
  4. unworrying
  5. unworryingly
  6. unworship
  7. unworshipable
  8. unworshiped
  9. unworshipful
  10. unworshipfully
  11. unworshipfulness

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