Obs. rare–1. [OE. bí·geng ‘worship, cultus,’ the subst. form belonging to begán, in sense of colĕre to worship: see BEGO v.] Worship.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gram., xi. 79. Cultus, bigeng.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 119. We beoð þurh crist to heouene ibroht, ȝif we his bigenge haldað.
