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wor·ship

Audio Help [wur-ship] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British

) -shipped, -ship·ping.

–noun

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).

–verb (used with object)

6.	to render religious reverence and homage to.

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

–verb (used without object)

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.

[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME wors(c)hipe, worthssipe, OE worthscipe, var. of weorthscipe; see worth, -ship; (v.) ME, deriv. of the n.

]

—Related forms

wor·ship·er, noun

wor·ship·ing·ly, adverb

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

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wor·ship Audio Help (wûr'shĭp) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
2. The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.
Ardent devotion; adoration.
often Worship Chiefly British Used as a form of address for magistrates, mayors, and certain other dignitaries: Your Worship.

v. wor·shiped or wor·shipped, wor·ship·ing or wor·ship·ping, wor·ships

v. tr.

To honor and love as a deity.
To regard with ardent or adoring esteem or devotion. See Synonyms at revere¹.

v. intr.

To participate in religious rites of worship.
To perform an act of worship.

[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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