See also: Worship

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From Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (worship).

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worship (usually uncountable, plural worships)

  1. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
    Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
  2. (Christianity, specifically) The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints.
  3. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
    • 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: [], 8th edition, London: [] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, []; J. Round [], and J[acob] Tonson] [], published 1720, →OCLC, page 2:
      The worſhip of God is an eminent part of Religion; and Prayer, which is often in Scripture expreſſed by ſeeking God, and calling upon his Name, is a chief part of Religious Worſhip.
  4. (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
    Synonyms: adoration, reverence, idolatry
  5. (also by extension) Ardent love.
  6. An object of worship.
  7. (chiefly Britain) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates
  8. (obsolete) Honour; respect; civil deference.
  9. (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
      I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur
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    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4:
      Then he forth on his iourney did proceede, / To ſeeke aduentures, which mote him befall, / And win him worſhp through his warlike deed, []
  10. (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.

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worship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle (Commonwealth) worshipping or (US) worshiping, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) worshipped or (US) worshiped or (obsolete) worshipt)

  1. (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
  2. (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  3. (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
    We worship at the church down the road.

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