Definitions for worshipˈwɜr ʃɪp

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

wor•shipˈwɜr ʃɪp(n.; v.)-shiped or shipped, -ship•ing or -ship•ping.

  1. (n.)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:

    to attend worship on Sundays.

  3. adoring reverence or regard.

  4. the object of adoring reverence or regard.

  5. (cap.)Brit. and Canadian.a title of honor used of certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usu. prec. by Your, His, or Her).

    Category: British

  6. (v.t.)to render religious reverence and homage to.

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

  8. (v.i.)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 of worship:

bef. 900; (n.) ME wors(c)hipe, worthssipe, OE worthscipe, var. of weorthscipe; see worth1, -ship

wor′ship•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. worship(noun)

    the activity of worshipping

  2. worship, adoration(verb)

    a feeling of profound love and admiration

  3. idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere(verb)

    love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

    "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

  4. worship(verb)

    show devotion to (a deity)

    "Many Hindus worship Shiva"

  5. worship(verb)

    attend religious services

    "They worship in the traditional manner"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. worship(noun)ˈwɜr ʃɪp

    the practice of worshiping a god

    They knelt in worship.

  2. worship(verb)ˈwɜr ʃɪp

    to pray to honor a god

    Let us worship.; They worship many gods.

  3. worshipˈwɜr ʃɪp

    to love and admire very much

    He worshiped his grandfather.

Wiktionary

  1. worship(Noun)

    The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.

  2. worship(Noun)

    The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object

  3. worship(Noun)

    The religious ceremonies that express this devotion

  4. worship(Noun)

    The ardent love of a person

  5. worship(Verb)

    To honor and adore, especially as a deity.

  6. worship(Verb)

    To participate in religious ceremonies.

  7. Worship(Noun)

    A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries

  8. Worship(Noun)

    A form of address of a mayor.

  9. Origin: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Worship(adj)

    excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness

  2. Worship(adj)

    honor; respect; civil deference

  3. Worship(adj)

    hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station

  4. Worship(adj)

    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

  5. Worship(adj)

    obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration

  6. Worship(adj)

    an object of worship

  7. Worship(verb)

    to respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence

  8. Worship(verb)

    to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate

  9. Worship(verb)

    to honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize

  10. Worship(verb)

    to perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service


Translations for worship

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

worship(verb)

to pay great honour to

to worship God.

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