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worshipful

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wor·ship·ful  (wûrshp-fl)
adj.
1. Given to or expressive of worship; reverent or adoring.
2. Chiefly British Used as a respectful form of address.
worship·ful·ly adv.
worship·ful·ness n.
worshipful
Adjective
feeling or showing reverence or adoration
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.worshipful - showing adoration
adoring
reverent - feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"
2.worshipful - showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"
godly, reverent
pious - having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"


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Another shall wrangle at the bar, and fight his way to wealth and honors and, in his declining age, shall be a worshipful member of his Majesty's council.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
75-103) These things, then, the Muses sang who dwell on Olympus, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Cleio and Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene and Terpsichore, and Erato and Polyhymnia and Urania and Calliope (3), who is the chiefest of them all, for she attends on worshipful princes: whomsoever of heaven-nourished princes the daughters of great Zeus honour, and behold him at his birth, they pour sweet dew upon his tongue, and from his lips flow gracious words.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
If the hussy stood up for judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded?
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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