worshipful
adjective
feeling or showing worship.
worshipfulness
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a word derived from
worshipful.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If she terrorizes assistants, designers or publicists, it may sometimes be because she can smell their fear or worshipfulness.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022
Fervently dedicated to Wagner, the symphony is awash in echoes of “Die Walküre,” “Tristan und Isolde” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” — though Bruckner somehow converts all hints of eros into further worshipfulness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2013
The Happy Warrior, by Emily Smith Warner, is so obviously a daughter's accolade that one of the most colorful politicians in U.S. history can scarcely be seen through the swaddling layers of worshipfulness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I am but a poor monk, good sir!" said Friar Tuck in a whining voice, "and am on my way to the shrine of Saint Dunstan, if your worshipfulness will permit."
From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
Besides those who journeyed to Rome, some English people went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and among them Ealdred, before he was made archbishop, had journeyed thither, “with such worshipfulness as none had ever shown before.”
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
