WORSHIP

Worship

Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. The word is derived from the Old English weorþscipe, meaning worship, honour shown to an object, which has been etymologised as "worthiness or worth-ship"—to give, at its simplest, worth to something.

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worship

Noun

  1. The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
  2. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
  3. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
  4. The ardent love of a something.
  5. An object of worship.
  6. Honour; respect; civil deference.

Verb

  1. To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
  2. To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  3. To participate in religious ceremonies.
    We worship at the church down the road.


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