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wor·ship  (wûrshp)

n.

1.

a. The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.

b. The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.

2. Ardent devotion; adoration.

3. often Worship Chiefly British Used as a form of address for magistrates, mayors, and certain other dignitaries: Your Worship.

v. wor·shiped or wor·shipped, wor·ship·ing or wor·ship·ping, wor·ships

v.tr.

1. To honor and love as a deity.

2. To regard with ardent or adoring esteem or devotion. See Synonyms at revere¹.

v.intr.

1. To participate in religious rites of worship.

2. To perform an act of worship.

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[Middle English worshipe, worthiness, honor, from Old English weorthscipe : weorth, worth; see worth¹ + -scipe, -ship.]

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worship·er, worship·per n.

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worship

Verb

[-shipping, -shipped] or US [-shiping, -shiped]

1. to show profound religious devotion to (one's god), for example by praying

2. to have intense love and admiration for (a person)

Noun

1. religious adoration or devotion

2. formal expression of religious adoration, for example by praying

3. intense love or devotion to a person [Old English weorthscipe]

worshipper n

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Worship

Noun

Your or His or Her Worship Chiefly Brit a title for a mayor or magistrate

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Worship of writers: authors collectively—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	worship - the activity of worshipping activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" apotheosis, deification, exaltation - the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) ancestor worship - worship of ancestors prayer, supplication - the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" idolisation, idolization - the act of worshiping blindly and to excess latria, adoration - the worship given to God alone idol worship, idolatry - the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God idolatry, veneration, cultism, devotion - religious zeal; the willingness to serve God autolatry, idiolatry, self-worship - the worship of yourself arborolatry, tree-worship - the worship of trees astrolatry, worship of heavenly bodies - the worship of planets or stars cosmolatry - the worship of the cosmos demonolatry, devil-worship, diabolatry - the acts or rites of worshiping devils fire-worship, pyrolatry - the worship of fire hagiolatry, hierolatry - the worship of saints heliolatry, sun-worship - the worship of the sun animal-worship, zoolatry - the worship of animals monolatry - the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god moon-worship, selenolatry - the worship of the moon salaah, salaat, salah, salat - the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca praise - offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God"
	2.	worship - a feeling of profound love and admiration adoration love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
Verb	1.	worship - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere adore - love intensely; "he just adored his wife" drool over, slobber over - envy without restraint
	2.	worship - show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva" faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" reverence, venerate, revere, fear - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
	3.	worship - attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner" attend, go to - be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?" offer up, offer - present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"

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worship

verb 1. revere, praise, respect, honour, adore, glorify, reverence, exalt, laud, pray to, venerate, deify, adulate << OPPOSITE dishonour

verb 2. love, adore, idolize, put on a pedestal << OPPOSITE despise

noun 3. reverence, praise, love, regard, respect, honour, glory, prayer(s), devotion, homage, adulation, adoration, admiration, exaltation, glorification, deification, laudation

Translations

worship [ˈwəːʃɪp] n (= organized worship) → culto;

(act) → adoración f

vt → adorar;

Your Worship (BRIT) (to mayor) → su Ilustrísima: (to judge) → su señoría

worship [ˈwəːʃɪp] n → culte m

vt [+ God] → rendre un culte à [+ person]; adorer;

Your Worship (Brit) (to mayor) → Monsieur le Maire: (to judge) → Monsieur le Juge

worship [ˈwəːʃɪp] n (act) → Verehrung f

vt [+ god] → anbeten [+ person, thing]; verehren;

Your Worship (Brit) (to mayor) → verehrter Herr Bürgermeister;

(000) (to judge) → Euer Ehren

worship [ˈwəːʃɪp] n → culto

vt [+ God] → adorare, venerare [+ person]; adorare;

Your Worship (to mayor) → signor sindaco;

(to judge) → signor giudice

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worship

v worship [ˈwəːʃip]

1 to pay great honour to to worship God. eer, aanbid يَعْبُد почитам uctívat tilbede; dyrke anbeten λατρεύω, τιμώ adorar, rendir culto (a) kummardama, teenima عبادت کردن؛ پرستش کردن palvoa adorer לִסגוֹד उपासना करना obožavati, štovati imád menyembah dÿrka adorare 崇拝する ...을 숭배하다, 예배하다 garbinti pielūgt menyembah aanbidden delta i gudstjeneste, dyrke czcić adorar a adora поклоняться uctievať častiti obožavati dyrka, tillbe[] สักการะ ibadet etmek, dua etmek, tapınmak 崇拜 поклонятися, шанувати عبادت کرنا thờ 崇拜

2 to love or admire very greatly She worships her older brother. verafgood يُعْجَبُ جِدا уважавам zbožňovat tilbede anbeten λατρεύω, θαυμάζω πάρα πολύ adorar jumaldama بسیار دوست داشتن palvoa adorer לְהַעֲרִיץ आराधना करना obožavati istentiszteletre/templomba megy; istentiszteleten részt vesz memuja dÿrka, dá adorare 敬慕する ...을 찬양하다, 존경하다 dievinti dievināt memuja aanbidden tilbe, dyrke uwielbiać adorar a diviniza обожать zbožňovať oboževati diviti se avguda เคารพ çok sevmek, tapmak 尊敬 обожнювати بے حد تعظیم کرنا tôn sùng 尊敬

n

the act of worshipping A church is a place of worship; the worship of God / of money. aanbidding عِبادَه култ uctívání tilbedelse die Anbetung λατρεία adoración, veneración palvus, kummardamine نیایش؛ عبادت palvonta culte פּוּלחָן उपासना obožavanje, klanjanje istentisztelet penyembahan dÿrkun, tilbeiðsla adorazione, culto 崇拝 예배, 숭배 garbinimas, dievinimas pielūgšana; dievināšana; cienīšana penyembahan verering (deltakelse i) gudstjeneste, dyrkelse, tilbedelse kult adoração cult поклонение uctievanie čaščenje obožavanje dyrkan, tillbedjan, andakt การสักการะ ibadet, tapınma, tapma 禮拜 шанування; поклоніння عبادت sự thờ phụng 礼拜

n ˈworshipper

aanbidder عابِد богомолец věřící troende; tilbeder der/die Anbeter(in) λάτρης devoto kummardaja پرستنده؛ نیایشگر palvoja fidèle סוֹגֵד, מִתפַּלֵל उपासक obožavalac, štovatelj istentiszteleten résztvevő pemuja trúmaður adoratore, adoratrice 礼拝者 garbintojas dievlūdzējs; pielūdzējs; dievinātājs penyembah kerkganger, gelovige deltaker i gudstjeneste, dyrker, tilbeder czciciel adorador admirator верующий; поклонник veriaci oboževalec obožavalac dyrkare, tillbedjare, beundrare ผู้บูช ibadet eden kimse, hayran 禮拜者 шанувальник عبادت کرنے والا người thờ cúng 礼拜者