worship

[ wur-ship ]

/ ˈwɜr ʃɪp /

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noun

reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.

formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning.

adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success.

the object of adoring reverence or regard.

(initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually preceded by Your, His, or Her).

verb (used with object), wor·shiped, wor·ship·ing or (especially British) wor·shipped, wor·ship·ping.

to render religious reverence and homage to.

to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).

verb (used without object), wor·shiped, wor·ship·ing or (especially British) wor·shipped, wor·ship·ping.

to render religious reverence and homage, as to a deity.

to attend services of divine worship.

to feel an adoring reverence or regard.

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Origin of worship

before 900; (noun) Middle English wors(c)hipe, worthssipe, Old English worthscipe, variant of weorthscipe; see worth¹, -ship; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

SYNONYMS FOR worship

3. honor, homage, adoration, idolatry. 7. honor, venerate, revere, adore, glorify, idolize, adulate.

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Related forms

wor·ship·er, nounwor·ship·ing·ly, adverbmis·wor·ship, verb, mis·wor·shiped, mis·wor·ship·ing or (especially British) mis·wor·shipped, mis·wor·ship·ping.pre·wor·ship, noun, verb, pre·wor·shiped, pre·wor·ship·ing or (especially British) pre·wor·shipped, pre·wor·ship·ping.

self-wor·ship, nounself-wor·ship·er, nounself-wor·ship·ing, adjectiveself-wor·ship·ping, adjectiveun·wor·shiped, adjectiveun·wor·ship·ing, adjectiveun·wor·shipped, adjectiveun·wor·ship·ping, adjective

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Examples from the Web for worship

A long-running argument exists over whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
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The worship of some of these deities appears to have included orgiastic rituals: music, wine, sex.
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Her new single, “Pieta,” is something you can worship and blaspheme at the same time.
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Some streams of Buddhism have the trappings of worship, rituals, and semi-divine beings, but others do not.
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The worship that holds you for a few hours a week becomes, then, the clue to that deep truth inside.
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Bhīls worship the ordinary Hindu deities and the village godlings of the locality.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell
He brought forward reasons for the worship of images, which the Christian worshippers of images subsequently adopted.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack
Nothing else seemed wanting to make the poor creatures regard us as objects worthy of worship.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
About doctrine and worship; the Scripture is no law in any of these following cases, but hath left them undetermined.
A Christian Directory|Baxter Richard
O lord of all created things, I worship thee to obtain thy grace.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

British Dictionary definitions for worship

worship

/ (ˈwɜːʃɪp) /

verb -ships, -shipping or -shipped or US -ships, -shiping or -shiped

(tr) to show profound religious devotion and respect to; adore or venerate (God or any person or thing considered divine)

(tr) to be devoted to and full of admiration for

(intr) to have or express feelings of profound adoration

(intr) to attend services for worship

(tr) obsolete to honour

noun

religious adoration or devotion

the formal expression of religious adoration; rites, prayers, etc

admiring love or devotion

archaic dignity or standing

Derived Formsworshipable, adjectiveworshipper, noun

Word Origin for worship

Old English weorthscipe, from worth 1 + -ship

Worship

/ (ˈwɜːʃɪp) /

noun

mainly British (preceded by Your, His, or Her) a title used to address or refer to a mayor, magistrate, or a person of similar high rank

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Word Origin and History for worship

worship

Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c.1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (c.1300).

worship

c.1200, from worship (n.). Related: Worshipped; worshipping.

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noun

verb (used with object), wor·shiped, wor·ship·ing or (especially British) wor·shipped, wor·ship·ping.

verb (used without object), wor·shiped, wor·ship·ing or (especially British) wor·shipped, wor·ship·ping.

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