'Worship' definitions:

Definition of 'worship'

(from WordNet)
noun
The activity of worshipping
noun
A feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship, adoration]
verb
Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere]
verb
Show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
verb
Attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner"

Definition of 'Worship'

From: GCIDE
  • Worship \Wor"ship\, v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service. [1913 Webster]
  • Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. --John iv. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Worship'

From: GCIDE
  • Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. [1913 Webster]
  • But God is to be worshiped. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. [1913 Webster]
  • With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Worship'

From: GCIDE
  • Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS. weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Of which great worth and worship may be won. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. [1913 Webster]
  • My father desires your worships' company. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. [1913 Webster]
  • '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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An object of worship. [1913 Webster]
  • In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'worship'

From: Easton
  • Worship homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being (Ex. 34:14; Isa. 2:8). Such worship was refused by Peter (Acts 10:25,26) and by an angel (Rev. 22:8,9).

Synonyms of 'worship'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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