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Definition of Worship

1. Verb. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol. "Sam cannot Worship Sue "; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

2. Noun. The activity of worshipping.

3. Verb. Show devotion to (a deity). "Many Hindus worship Shiva"

4. Noun. A feeling of profound love and admiration.

5. Verb. Attend religious services. "They worship in the traditional manner"

Definition of Worship

1. n. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

2. v. t. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.

3. v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.

4. n. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

5. v. t. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.

6. v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.

Definition of Worship

1. Noun. (British) A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries ¹

2. Noun. (Canada archaic) A form of address of a mayor. The Gazette (Montreal), [ "Mt. Royal Ski Runs May Be Improved"], ''14 December 1939'' (accessed 31 March 2010) ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction. ¹

4. Noun. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object ¹

5. Noun. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion ¹

6. Noun. (context: by extension) The ardent love of a person ¹

7. Verb. To honor and adore, especially as a deity. ¹

8. Verb. To participate in religious ceremonies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Worship

1. to honor and love as a divine being [v -SHIPED, -SHIPING, -SHIPS, -SHIPPED, -SHIPPING, -SHIPS]

Medical Definition of Worship

1. 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. "A man of worship and honour." (Chaucer) "Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land." (Spenser) 2. Honor; respect; civil deference. "Of which great worth and worship may be won." (Spenser) "Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee." (Luke xiv. 10) 3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. "My father desires your worships' company." (Shak) 4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God with idols in their worship joined." "The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship." (Tillotson) 5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. "'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my spirits to your worship." (Shak) 6. An object of worship. "In attitude and aspect formed to be at once the artist's worship and despair." (Longfellow) Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See Devil, Fire, Hero, etc. Origin: OE. Worshipe, wurthscipe, AS. Weorthscipe; weorth worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, and -ship. To perform acts of homage or adoration; especially, to perform religious service. "Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." (John iv. 20) "Was it for this I have loved . . . And worshiped in silence?" (Longfellow) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Worship

worse light worse off worse things happen at sea worsed worsen worsened worseness worsening worsenings worsens

worser worses worsest worset worsets worship worship of heavenly bodies worship of man worship of saints worship the ground someone walks on

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