[syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere]
2. show devotion to (a deity);
- Example: "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
3. attend religious services;
- Example: "They worship in the traditional manner"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Worship \Wor"ship\, v. i.
To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform
religious service.
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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that
in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
--John iv. 20.
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Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in
silence? --Longfellow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth,
a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
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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.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.
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'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.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See
under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
worship
n 1: the activity of worshipping
2: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship,
adoration]
v 1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;
venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
[syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship,
revere]
2: show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
3: attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional
manner"
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
WORSHIP, n. Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and
fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an
element of pride.