worship

  • 11worship — (n.) O.E. worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (W.Saxon) condition of being worthy, honor, renown, from weorð worthy (see WORTH (Cf. worth)) + scipe (see SHIP (Cf. ship)). Sense of reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being is first… …

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  • 12worship — has inflected forms worshipped, worshipping, and a derivative form worshipper in BrE, and often worshiped, worshiping, worshiper in AmE …

    Modern English usage

  • 13worship — worshiper, n. worshipingly, adv. /werr ship/, n., v., worshiped, worshiping or (esp. Brit.) worshipped, worshipping. n. 1. reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred. 2. formal or ceremonious… …

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  • 14Worship — This article refers to the religious act. For the album by Michael W. Smith see Worship (album). For the style see Worship (style). [ Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] Worship usually… …

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  • 15worship — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ daily, regular ▪ evening, morning ▪ Sunday ▪ public ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16worship — 01. Katie [worships] her big brother, and follows him everywhere around the house. 02. They go to church every Sunday to [worship] their god. 03. Their family business is closed on days of [worship]. 04. A group of Jews [worshipping] at the… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 17Worship —    Our word worship is the modern form of the early English word worthship. And while the word was originally used to denote honor or respect paid to any one worthy of it, it came in time to be used exclusively of the giving of honor to God, of… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 18worship — I n. 1) ancestor; hero; idol; nature; public worship 2) (misc.) a house of worship II v. 1) to worship reverently 2) (D; tr.) to worship as (to worship smb. as a god) 3) (misc.) I worship the ground you walk on * * * [ wɜːʃɪp] hero …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 19worship — wor|ship1 [ˈwə:ʃıp US ˈwə:r ] v past tense and past participle worshipped present participle worshipping also worshiped worshiping AmE 1.) [I and T] to show respect and love for a god, especially by praying in a religious building ▪ They all… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20Worship — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Worship >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 worship worship adoration devotion aspiration homage service humiliation Sgm: N 1 kneeling kneeling genuflection prostration GRP: N 2 …

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