Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To worship wrongly or improperly.
- noun Worship of a wrong object; false worship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion.
- transitive verb To worship wrongly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To worship wrongly.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
mis- + worship
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Examples
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The Muslims and Jews don't just fail to worship Him properly; they don't misworship the One True God.
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks 2009
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In their case, we say that they misworship the One True God and that their understanding of His Nature is inferior.
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks 2009
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I'm not claiming that Jews and Muslims knowingly or culpably misworship God.
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks 2009
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