Etymology
From Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþsċipe. Cognate with Scots worschip (worship).
Noun
worship (usually uncountable, plural worships)
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
- (Christianity) The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- We went to our worship service like we do every Sunday.
- Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- Ardent love.
- An object of worship.
Derived terms
- house of worship
- place of worship
- sun worshiper
- worshipability
- worshipable
- worshipful
- worshipfully
- worshipfulness
- worshiped
- worshiper
- worshiping
Verb
worship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle worshiping, simple past and past participle worshiped)
- To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- I was taught to worship God from a young age.
- To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- To participate in religious ceremonies.
- We worship at the church down the road.
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