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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).
) 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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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
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
Related forms
wor·ship·er, noun
wor·ship·ing·ly, adverb
mis·wor·ship, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship·ping.
) -shipped, -ship·ping.pre·wor·ship, noun, verb, -shiped, -ship·ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship·ping.
) -shipped, -ship·ping.self-wor·ship, noun
EXPANDself-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
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. honor, homage, adoration, idolatry. 7. honor, venerate, revere, adore, glorify, idolize, adulate.
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
EXPANDc.1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (c.1300). The verb is recorded from c.1200.
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