Definitions for worship
ˈwɜr ʃɪpwor·ship

Princeton's WordNet(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. worship(Noun)

   The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

2. worship(Noun)

   The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

3. worship(Noun)

   The religious ceremonies that express this devotion

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

4. worship(Noun)

   The ardent love of a person

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

5. worship(Verb)

   To honor and adore, especially as a deity.

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

6. worship(Verb)

   To participate in religious ceremonies.

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

7. Worship(Noun)

   A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

8. Worship(Noun)

   A form of address of a mayor.

   Etymology: weorþscipe, corresponding to .

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Worship(adj)

   excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

2. Worship(adj)

   honor; respect; civil deference

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

3. Worship(adj)

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

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

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

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

5. Worship(adj)

   obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

6. Worship(adj)

   an object of worship

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

7. Worship(verb)

   to respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

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

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

9. Worship(verb)

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

   Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

10. Worship(verb)

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

    Etymology: [OE. worshipe, wurscipe, AS. weorscipe; weor worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Worship

   Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. The word is derived from the Old English worthscipe, meaning worthiness or worth-ship—to give, at its simplest, worth to something. Evelyn Underhill defines worship thus: "The absolute acknowledgment of all that lies beyond us—the glory that fills heaven and earth. It is the response that conscious beings make to their Creator, to the Eternal Reality from which they came forth; to God, however they may think of Him or recognize Him, and whether He be realized through religion, through nature, through history, through science, art, or human life and character." Worship asserts the reality of its object and defines its meaning by reference to it. An act of worship may be performed individually, in an informal or formal group, or by a designated leader.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Worship

   wur′ship, n. religious service: fervent esteem: adoration paid to God: a title of honour in addressing certain magistrates, &c.: submissive respect.—v.t. to respect highly: to treat with civil reverence: to pay divine honours to: to adore or idolise.—v.i. to perform acts of adoration: to perform religious service:—pr.p. wor′shipping; pa.t. and pa.p. wor′shipped.—adjs. Wor′shipable, Wor′shipful, worthy of worship or honour, used as a term of respect.—adv. Wor′shipfully.—n. Wor′shipfulness.—adj. Wor′shipless, destitute of worship or worshippers.—n. Wor′shipper.—House, or Place, of worship, a church or chapel. [A.S. weorthscipe—weorth, wurth, worth, affix -scipe, -ship.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'worship' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4501

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'worship' in Nouns Frequency: #2468

How to pronounce worship?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say worship in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of worship in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of worship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of worship in a Sentence

1. Mariah McManus:

   How do we bring ourbest piece of art to Jesus? how do we take it in a completely different direction and do something weve never heard or never considered to do within worship music?

2. Kristan Hawkins:

   The threats and vitriol must be stopped. Every day it seems like we hear of a new account of vandalism, threat of violence, or acts of intimidation towards peaceful pro-lifers, what happened Saturday shows us the worst of the worst of the pro-choicemovement;obscenity, Satan worship, and lewdness towards students. We firmly reject all acts of violence and intimidation towards our students.

3. David Saperstein:

   During my visit in August, I found that despite widespread continuing government abuses and restrictions, many place of worship were nonetheless full and flourishing, in areas of the country where the government's hand was lighter, faith-based social service and welfare agencies operate homeless shelters, orphanages, soup kitchens, and made highly positive contributions to the well-being of their society.

4. Kirk Cameron:

   I need advice from God and from his word. the truth is that all of us were designed to worship something, and you may worship a tree, you may worship God or you may worship yourself. And Hollywood has a lot of the ‘me-God’ problem and I used to have no faith at all.

5. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   Crown of love My sincere love for you is your crown, my concern for you is your throne. You are all that I want in this life. I am obsessed with love for you, I worship and bow before your beauty. Your beauty is so virgin, innocent, primordial, unique, so majestic and beautiful. From your kisses you feel alive, you feel love itself, its powerful energy in its true form. Exotic, tropical, heavenly beautiful, elite, aristocratic, incredibly beautiful beauty, like a descending goddess from the highest universes of dimensions. You are beautiful, as in the distance so close, you can look at you forever, and I get great pleasure from the fact that I'm with you, I eagerly tasted every moment spent with you. The light so beautifully illuminates your sweet, hot skin. When I see you, I have an unbelievable feeling of joy, love, happiness, excitement, I am happy as a child. The more you look at, the more you fall in love. You amaze to the depths of your soul with your amazing beauty. Gorgeous, luxurious, sexy, divinely beautiful, sexually attractive. The sweetest candy in the world, the sweetest temptation, juicier than the sweetest fruit in the world, richer nowhere, sweeter just does not happen, it is impossible to imagine yourself more beautiful. You are the most powerful magnet in the world of temptation, a very powerful pathogen. You are the perfect perfect creation of all universes, dimensions, worlds, you are like the highest, most powerful orgasm of admiration and pleasure. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

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