ETYMOLOGY
from superstiti- + -ate
EXAMPLE
“…Wherefore I will say to such, as one wiser than Solomon said to the Jews, when they superstitiated the gift, in counting it more honourable than the altar, ‘Ye fools, and blind, for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?…”
From: The Saints’ Privilege and Profit
Or, The Throne of Grace
By John Bunyan, a1688
Lexicophilia 