English Dictionary
Definition of “worship”
worship (ˈwɜːʃɪp
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to show profound religious devotion and respect to; adore or venerate (God or any person or thing considered divine)
- (tr) to be devoted to and full of admiration for
- (intr) to have or express feelings of profound adoration
- (intr) to attend services for worship
- (tr) obsolete to honour
noun
- religious adoration or devotion
- the formal expression of religious adoration; rites, prayers, etc
- admiring love or devotion
- archaic dignity or standing
Alternative Forms
ˈworshipable adjective ˈworshipper noun Word Origin
Old English weorthscipe, from worthOld English from 1 + + -ship
Synonyms
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revere,
praise,
respect,
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adore,
glorify,
reverence,
exalt,
laud,
pray to
venerate,
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adulate,
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reverence,
praise,
love,
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respect,
honour,
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devotion,
homage,
adulation,
adoration,
admiration,
exaltation,
glorification,
deification,
laudation,
Worship (ˈwɜːʃɪp)
Definitions
noun
- mainly British preceded by Your, His, or Her a title used to address or refer to a mayor, magistrate, or a person of similar high rank
Translations
- British English:
worship
If you worship a god, you show your respect to the god, for example by saying prayers.I enjoy going to church and worshipping God. ...Jews worshipping at the Wailing Wall.ˈwɜːʃɪp VERB I enjoy going to church and worshipping God. ...Jews worshipping at the Wailing Wall.
- Spanish: rendir culto v
- French:
vénérer
vt
- German:
anbeten
v
- Chinese: 崇拜 v
- Arabic: يَعَبُدُ v
- Portuguese: venerar v
- Russian: поклоняться v
- Croatian: obožavati v
- Czech: uctít v uctívat
- Danish: tilbede v
- Dutch: vereren v
- Finnish: palvoa v
- Greek: λατρεύω v
- Italian: venerare v
- Japanese: 礼拝する v
- Korean: 숭배하다 v
- Norwegian: tilbe v
- Polish: czcić v
- Brazilian Portuguese: venerar v
- European Spanish: rendir culto v
- Swedish: dyrka v
- Thai: บูชา v
- Turkish: ibadet etmek v
- Vietnamese: thờ phụng v
Usage examples
The Primal gods you worship are nothing more than natural events to which the unenlightened have attached divinity.
Jennifer Fallon, TREASON KEEP (2001)If anybody wants to say I worship them, well I know how I feel - I don't worship them.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)Mr Ansari said: "The Hindus do not allow us to bury our dead or worship in our mosques.
Irish Times (2002)Figures show that out of 1,299 places of worship in Merseyside, 236 (18 %) were targeted by criminals.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)According to the Chinese tradition, there were certain days especially suitable for worship.
Rocky Siu-Kwong Sung, ROCKY SUNG'S GUIDE TO CHINESE ASTROLOGY AND FENG SHUI 2003 (2002)
