worship
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- the activity of worshipping
- a feeling of profound love and admirationSynonyms: adoration
Verb (3)
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol“Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”Synonyms: idolizeidolisehero-worshiprevere
- show devotion to (a deity)“Many Hindus worship Shiva”
- attend religious services“They worship in the traditional manner”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. --John iv. 20. [1913 Webster]
Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
1.Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
A man of worship and honour.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Of which great worth and worship may be won.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.— Luke xiv. 10.[1913 Webster]
3.Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. [1913 Webster]
My father desires your worships' company.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]
5.Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. [1913 Webster]
'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.[1913 Webster]
6.An object of worship. [1913 Webster]
In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair.— Longfellow.[1913 Webster]
Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc. [1913 Webster]
1.To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
This holy image that is man God worshipeth.— Foxe.[1913 Webster]
2.To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. [1913 Webster]
But God is to be worshiped.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
3.To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. [1913 Webster]
With bended knees I daily worship her.— Carew.[1913 Webster]
Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor. [1913 Webster]