worship

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English

Alternative forms

• wurship (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːʃɪp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝʃɪp/
  • (rare) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹʃɪp/
• Homophone: warship (General American, rare)
• Hyphenation: wor‧ship

Noun

worship (usually uncountable, plural worships)

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

2. (Christianity, specifically, Catholicism, especially) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
3. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
4. (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.

   Synonyms: adoration, reverence, idolatry

5. (also by extension) Ardent love.
6. An object of worship.
7. (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates
8. (obsolete) Honour; respect; civil deference.
9. (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
10. (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.

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Verb

worship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle (Commonwealth) worshipping or (US) worshiping, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) worshipped or (US) worshiped or (obsolete) worshipt)

1. (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
2. (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
3. (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.

4. To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.

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References

• “worship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “worship”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English worship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwor.ʃip/

Verb

worship

1. to worship