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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
wor·ship 
[wur-ship] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship·ping.
[wur-ship] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship·ping. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred. |
| 2. | formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning. |
| 3. | adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success. |
| 4. | the object of adoring reverence or regard. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually prec. by Your, His, or Her). |
| 6. | to render religious reverence and homage to. |
| 7. | to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing). |
| 8. | to render religious reverence and homage, as to a deity. |
| 9. | to attend services of divine worship. |
| 10. | to feel an adoring reverence or regard. |
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| wor·ship
(wûr'shĭp) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. wor·shiped or wor·shipped, wor·ship·ing or wor·ship·ping, wor·ships v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English worshipe, worthiness, honor, from Old English weorthscipe : weorth, worth; see worth1 + -scipe, -ship.] wor'ship·er, wor'ship·per n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
worship (n.)
worship (n.)
O.E. worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (W.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). The verb is recorded from c.1200.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| worship | |
noun | |
| 1. | the activity of worshipping |
| 2. | a feeling of profound love and admiration |
verb | |
| 1. | love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: idolize] |
| 2. | show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva" |
| 3. | attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Worship
Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS. weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] --Shak. A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer. Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser. 2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.] Of which great worth and worship may be won. --Spenser. Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv. 10. 3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. My father desires your worships' company. --Shak. 4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God with idols in their worship joined." --Milton. The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. --Tillotson. 5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. 'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak. 6. An object of worship. In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair. --Longfellow. Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Worship
Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worshipedor Worshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] --Chaucer. Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak. This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe. 2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. But God is to be worshiped. --Shak. When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. 3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew. Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Wor"ship\, v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. --John iv. 20. Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? --Longfellow.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Worship
homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being (Ex. 34:14; Isa. 2:8). Such worship was refused by Peter (Acts 10:25,26) and by an angel (Rev. 22:8,9).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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