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worshipper

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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.

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

worship·er, worship·per n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.worshipper - a person who has religious faith
denomination - a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
theist - one who believes in the existence of a god or gods
devil worshiper - someone who worships devils
monotheist - a believer in one god
mystic, religious mystic - someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
numerologist - a believer in numerology
pantheist - someone who believes that God and the universe are the same
pilgrim - someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
sun worshiper - someone who worships the sun
theosophist - a believer in theosophy
2.worshipper - someone who admires too much to recognize faults
adorer, admirer - someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"
hero worshiper, hero worshipper - someone who worships heroes
Translations
worshipper worshiper (US) [ˈwɜːʃɪpə>ʳ] Ndevoto/a m/f worshippers (collectively) → fieles mpl
worshipper [ˈwɜːrʃɪpər] n
(gen)adorateur/trice m/f; (in church)fidèle mf
(fig) (= enthusiast) → adorateur/trice m/f
worshipper
nKirchgänger(in) m(f); worshipper of BaalBaalsverehrer(in) m(f); sun worshipperSonnenanbeter(in) m(f); he was a lifelong worshipper at this churcher ist sein Leben lang hier zur Kirche gegangen; to be a worshipper of wealthdas Geld anbeten
worshipper [ˈwɜːʃɪpəʳ] nadoratore/trice; (in church) → fedele m/f, devoto/a
worshipper [ˈwɜːʃɪpəʳ] nadoratore/trice; (in church) → fedele m/f, devoto/a


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Each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable.
The Worshipful and the Worshipper then passed on together until they parted, with many ceremonies, at the Worshipful's door; even then the Worshipper carried his hat under his arm, and gave his streaming white hair to the breeze.
I'm a worshipper of the great god Whim too, and close by here I have a little summer-house, full of books and fishing-lines and other childishness, where, when my whim is to be lonely, I come and play at solitude.
 
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