worship

Plural: worships

Noun

• the activity of worshipping
• a feeling of profound love and admiration
• The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
• The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
• The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
• Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
• Ardent love.
• An object of worship.
• Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates
• Honour; respect; civil deference.
• The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: worshiped, worshiping, worshipped, worshipping, worships

• To show adoration or reverence for a deity or idol.
• love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
• show devotion to (a deity)
  • "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
• attend religious services
  • "They worship in the traditional manner"
• To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
• To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
• To participate in religious ceremonies.
• To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.

Examples

• Many Scrabble players practically worship their dictionary for its endless possibilities.
• Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
• We worship at the church down the road.

Synonyms

adoration, hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere, idolatry, reverence, worship

Related Words

bread worshiper, bread worshipper, bread-worshiper, bread-worshipper, sun worshiper, sun worshipper, sun-worshiper, sun-worshipper, sunworshiper, sunworshipper, worshipability, worshipableness, worshipfully, worshipfulness, worshippableness, worshippingly

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