ˈlip-worship
[See lip n. 6 a (b).]
Worship that consists only in words.
| 1630 Sanderson Serm. II. 262 The knee-worship, and the cap-worship, and the lip-worship they may have that are in worshipful places and callings. a 1716 Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 216 They worship him in vain, who give him only a Knee, or a Lip-worship. 1862 Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VII. lvi. 75 The lip-worship of courtiers and time-servers. |
Hence ˈlip-ˈworshipper, one whose worship is limited to professions.
| 1884 Sir A. De Vere 1st Pt. Mary Tudor iv. ii, True love Visits not thrones. The lonely sitter there Finds flatterers, lip-worshippers, but not True love. |