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worshiped

[wur-ship] Origin

wor·ship

[wur-ship] 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 preceded 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).

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Worshiped is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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:
before 900; (noun) Middle English wors(c)hipe, worthssipe, Old English worthscipe, variant of weorthscipe; see worth, -ship; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

wor·ship·er, noun
wor·ship·ing·ly, adverb
mis·wor·ship, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship·ping.
pre·wor·ship, noun, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship·ping.
self-wor·ship, noun
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self-wor·ship·er, noun
self-wor·ship·ing, adjective
self-wor·ship·ping, adjective
un·wor·shiped, adjective
un·wor·ship·ing, adjective
un·wor·shipped, adjective
un·wor·ship·ping, adjective
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3. honor, homage, adoration, idolatry. 7. honor, venerate, revere, adore, glorify, idolize, adulate.

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Word Origin & History

worship
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
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c.1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (c.1300). The verb is recorded from c.1200.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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